Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Lake Bluff Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 17097863300 · Lake County, IL · pop 2,327 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Lake Bluff

17097863300 is a census tract in Lake Bluff, IL. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,327 residents. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 6% Owners 87%

Tract context

Occupied units957

Renter share13.5%

SVI overall0.01

Poverty rate1.2%

Median income$248,456

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lake Bluff and the region

Centroid at 42.2894, -87.8364 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lake Bluff scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Lake Bluff

6.6

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.2

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

1.2% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,641 rent vs county FMR

4.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Lake Bluff

8.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.2

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Lake Bluff

2.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Lake Bluff

5.3

How Lake Bluff 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.

1%Socioeconomic
27%Household composition
14%Racial/ethnic minority
3%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
12%Grade B
18%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.

4.6%Housing insecurity
3.0%Utility-shutoff threat
4.6%Food insecurity
3.5%SNAP enrollment
3.1%Transit barriers
3.2%No health insurance
11.5%Frequent mental distress
17.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lake Bluff

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. Cost burden runs 55% here against 42.6% across Lake County. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.6/10.

Disability prevalence runs 17.4% against 31.5% nationally. It sits 1.4 points below the Lake County average of 4.4.

SNAP participation runs 3.5% against 15.2% nationally. At $1,641 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Lake Bluff commands.

On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.6/10. 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.

That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 13% 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. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17097863300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097863300?

Census tract 17097863300 in Lake Bluff scores 3/10 (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 17097863300?

Median gross rent is $1,641/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17097863300?

1.2% of residents in tract 17097863300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,327.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17097863300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 27th, minority 14th, housing 3th.

What share of households in tract 17097863300 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 17097863300 compare to Lake Bluff overall?

Tract 17097863300 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Lake Bluff at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lake Bluff; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 17097863300 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 Lake Bluff

Top eight tracts in Lake Bluff ranked by composite eviction-risk score.