Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Highland Park Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17097865501 · Lake County, IL · pop 2,653 · 77% of tract blocks fall in Highland Park
17097865501 is a census tract in Highland Park, IL. It scores 4.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,653. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,184
Renter share24.1%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate0.8%
Median income$90,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
44
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Highland Park and the region
Centroid at 42.2070, -87.8007 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highland Park scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
0.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,909 rent vs county FMR
5.8
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 Highland Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%Housing & transportation
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.
- 7%Grade A
- 22%Grade B
- 11%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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.1%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 13.3%Frequent mental distress
- 22.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highland Park
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.3/10. 50% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Lake County average of 42.6%.
Food insecurity runs 10.1% against 17.8% nationally. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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. That is riskier than roughly 44% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.2/10.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler. Poverty sits at 1%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
It tracks the Lake County average of 4.4 closely. Average gross rent is $1,909, close to the Highland Park average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097865501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097865501?
Census tract 17097865501 in Highland Park scores 4.1/10 (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 17097865501?
Median gross rent is $1,909/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097865501?
0.8% of residents in tract 17097865501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,653.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097865501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 67th, minority 49th, housing 35th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17097865501 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17097865501 compare to Highland Park overall?
Tract 17097865501 scores 4.1/10, right in line with 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.
Q7
Was tract 17097865501 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 Highland Park
Top eight tracts in Highland Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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