Census Tract · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally

Deerfield Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 17097864903 · Lake County, IL · pop 4,595

Tract 17097864903 covers Deerfield in Lake County in Illinois. Home to 4,595 residents, it scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 69th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 57% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,981 a month while the average household earns $188,750 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 8% of occupied homes.

Risk score

1.1

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 3% Owners 93%

Tract context

Occupied units1,766

Renter share7.6%

SVI overall0.12

Poverty rate1.4%

Median income$188,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Deerfield and the region

Centroid at 42.1583, -87.8569 · click any tract to drill in

Why Deerfield scores 1.1

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

1.4% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,981 rent vs county FMR

6.2

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 12

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

7%Socioeconomic
58%Household composition
22%Racial/ethnic minority
14%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
5%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

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.

5.5%Housing insecurity
3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
5.7%Food insecurity
4.4%SNAP enrollment
3.6%Transit barriers
3.9%No health insurance
12.0%Frequent mental distress
18.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Deerfield

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.4/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Deerfield, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Lake County average of 5.3 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 12th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17097864903

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097864903?

Census tract 17097864903 in Deerfield scores 1.1/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 17097864903?

Median gross rent is $1,981/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17097864903?

1.4% of residents in tract 17097864903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,595.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17097864903?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 58th, minority 22th, housing 14th.

What share of households in tract 17097864903 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.5% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17097864903 compare to Deerfield overall?

Tract 17097864903 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Deerfield at 4.3/10. 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.

Was tract 17097864903 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.