Neighborhood · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally

Briergate Eviction Risk: Lower , Highland Park

Tract 17097865400 · Lake County, IL · pop 4,292 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

17097865400 is a census tract in the Briergate area of Highland Park, IL. It scores 3.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,292 residents. 62% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Lake County average of 42.6%.

Risk score

3.6

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 11% Owners 70%

Tract context

Occupied units2,188

Renter share29.9%

SVI overall0.52

Poverty rate3.7%

Median income$110,463

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Highland Park and the region

Centroid at 42.1925, -87.8133 · click any tract to drill in

Why Briergate scores 3.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Highland Park

6.6

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.2

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

3.7% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,748 rent vs county FMR

4.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Highland Park

8.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

4.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Highland Park

3.9

Housing court bias

Inherited from Highland Park

5.4

How Briergate compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 52

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

33%Socioeconomic
67%Household composition
40%Racial/ethnic minority
68%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
8%Grade B
23%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

Within Briergate. 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.

6.7%Housing insecurity
4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
7.2%Food insecurity
5.4%SNAP enrollment
4.2%Transit barriers
6.4%No health insurance
11.5%Frequent mental distress
22.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Briergate

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. 22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.3/10.

Against the Lake County average of 4.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. Housing insecurity runs 6.7% against 14.2% nationally.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Average gross rent is $1,748, 9% below the Highland Park average.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Chicago. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. On the national scale it lands near the 33rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 5.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.5 points cooler. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 17097865400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097865400?

Census tract 17097865400 in the Briergate neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 17097865400?

Median gross rent is $1,748/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17097865400?

3.7% of residents in tract 17097865400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,292.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17097865400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 67th, minority 40th, housing 68th.

Is tract 17097865400 considered part of Briergate?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17097865400 fall within Briergate (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 17097865400 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.7% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17097865400 compare to Highland Park overall?

Tract 17097865400 scores 3.6/10, lower than the parent city of Highland Park at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Highland Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 17097865400 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

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