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Census Tract · Ranked #47,256 of 84,120 nationally

Deerfield Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17097864901 · Lake County, IL · pop 4,558 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Deerfield

Census tract 17097864901 is in Deerfield, Illinois. It has a population of 4,558 and an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10 (Moderate tier). 30% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 6% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,686/month against a median household income of $216,140 — roughly 9% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 7% Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,603
Renter share9.4%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate1.7%
Median income$216,140

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
25 th percentile
Rank — 25th percentileBottomTop
#4 of 5 tracts In Deerfield
Low
Within county
34 th percentile
Rank — 34th percentileBottomTop
#106 of 159 tracts In Lake County
Low
Within state
37 th percentile
Rank — 37th percentileBottomTop
#2,045 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Low
National
44 th percentile
Rank — 44th percentileBottomTop
#47,256 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Deerfield and the region

Centroid at 42.1764, -87.8445 · click any tract to drill in

Why Deerfield scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Deerfield
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
1.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,686 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Deerfield
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Deerfield
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Deerfield
5.3

How Deerfield compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Deerfield risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.15.1This tracttract 864901Deerfield: 5.55.5Deerfieldparent cityCounty: 5.35.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.45.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 2

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B — Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org) — 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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.

Frequently asked

About tract 17097864901

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097864901?

Census tract 17097864901 in Deerfield scores 5.1/10 (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 17097864901?

Median gross rent is $1,686/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17097864901?

1.7% of residents in tract 17097864901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,558.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17097864901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 20th, minority 9th, housing 7th.

Q5

What share of households in tract 17097864901 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.7% 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. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q6

How does tract 17097864901 compare to Deerfield overall?

Tract 17097864901 scores 5.1/10 — lower than the parent city of Deerfield at 5.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Deerfield; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Q7

Was tract 17097864901 historically redlined?

Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Deerfield

Top eight tracts in Deerfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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