Neighborhood · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally

Woodridge Eviction Risk: Lower , Highland Park

Tract 17097865802 · Lake County, IL · pop 2,933 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Eviction risk in Woodridge in Highland Park centers on tract 17097865802, which scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 2,933 residents. On the national scale it ranks #66,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

0% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,977 a month while the average household earns $250,001 a year, roughly 9% of income at the averages. Renters make up 4% of occupied homes.

Risk score

1.2

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 4% Owners 96%

Tract context

Occupied units958

Renter share4.4%

SVI overall0.01

Poverty rate3.7%

Median income$250,001

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Highland Park and the region

Centroid at 42.1615, -87.8212 · click any tract to drill in

Why Woodridge scores 1.2

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

$1,977 rent vs county FMR

6.2

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 Woodridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 1

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

0%Socioeconomic
11%Household composition
17%Racial/ethnic minority
8%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.

0%Grade A
9%Grade B
0%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.

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.

4.6%Housing insecurity
3.0%Utility-shutoff threat
4.6%Food insecurity
3.5%SNAP enrollment
3.1%Transit barriers
3.4%No health insurance
11.0%Frequent mental distress
18.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Woodridge

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 below the Lake County average of 5.3 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 1st 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.

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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17097865802

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097865802?

Census tract 17097865802 in the Woodridge neighborhood scores 1.2/10 (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 17097865802?

Median gross rent is $1,977/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17097865802?

3.7% of residents in tract 17097865802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,933.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17097865802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 11th, minority 17th, housing 8th.

Is tract 17097865802 considered part of Woodridge?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17097865802 fall within Woodridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 17097865802 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.6% 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. 3.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17097865802 compare to Highland Park overall?

Tract 17097865802 scores 1.2/10, 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 17097865802 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.

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