Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Buffalo Grove Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17097864523 · Lake County, IL · pop 3,916 · 36% of tract blocks fall in Buffalo Grove
17097864523 is a census tract in Buffalo Grove, IL. It scores 4/10 for landlords. 24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,582
Renter share42.6%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate6.5%
Median income$96,105
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Buffalo Grove and the region
Centroid at 42.1569, -87.9261 · click any tract to drill in
Why Buffalo Grove scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Buffalo Grove
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
6.5% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,877 rent vs county FMR
5.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Buffalo Grove
3.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Buffalo Grove
4.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Buffalo Grove
3.7
How Buffalo Grove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 6.8%Housing insecurity
- 3.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.9%Food insecurity
- 5.5%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 4.7%No health insurance
- 12.0%Frequent mental distress
- 16.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Buffalo Grove
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.6/10. Against Lake County at 42.6%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened.
Disability prevalence runs 16.7% against 31.5% nationally. Food insecurity runs 7.9% against 17.8% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 42nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.6/10. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Lake County average of 4.4 closely. Average gross rent is $1,877, close to the Buffalo Grove average.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $96,105. 43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097864523
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097864523?
Census tract 17097864523 in Buffalo Grove scores 4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 17097864523?
Median gross rent is $1,877/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097864523?
6.5% of residents in tract 17097864523 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,916.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097864523?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 20th, minority 70th, housing 27th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17097864523 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.8% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17097864523 compare to Buffalo Grove overall?
Tract 17097864523 scores 4/10, right in line with the parent city of Buffalo Grove at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Buffalo Grove eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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