Census Tract · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally

Highland Park Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 17097865501 · Lake County, IL · pop 2,653 · 77% of tract blocks fall in Highland Park

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 17097865501 (Highland Park in Lake County, Illinois) comes in at 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 50% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,909 monthly, set against $90,000 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 24% of occupied homes.

Risk score

1.9

Lower

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.

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 1.9

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

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

The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 8.3/10. 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 Highland Park, 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 in line with 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 B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17097865501

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097865501?

Census tract 17097865501 in Highland Park scores 1.9/10 (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 17097865501?

Median gross rent is $1,909/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

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.

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.

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.

How does tract 17097865501 compare to Highland Park overall?

Tract 17097865501 scores 1.9/10, 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 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.