Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #79,998 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Forest Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17097865000 · Lake County, IL · pop 1,050 · 96% of tract blocks fall in Lake Forest
Tract 17097865000 covers Lake Forest in Illinois. Home to 1,050 residents, it scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 61% of US census tracts.
About 100% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,038 a month while the average household earns $250,001 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. Renters make up 8% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.4
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units362
Renter share8.3%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
10
th percentile
Very Low
National
5
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lake Forest and the region
Centroid at 42.2338, -87.8213 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake Forest scores 1.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lake Forest
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$2,038 rent vs county FMR
6.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lake Forest
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lake Forest
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lake Forest
4.6
How Lake Forest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 11%Grade A
- 1%Grade B
- 2%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.
- 5.0%Housing insecurity
- 3.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.1%Food insecurity
- 4.0%SNAP enrollment
- 3.4%Transit barriers
- 3.6%No health insurance
- 11.5%Frequent mental distress
- 19.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lake Forest
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 6.6/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Lake Forest, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 3rd 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097865000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097865000?
Census tract 17097865000 in Lake Forest scores 1.4/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 17097865000?
Median gross rent is $2,038/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 100% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097865000?
4.6% of residents in tract 17097865000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,050.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097865000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 44th, minority 5th, housing 5th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17097865000 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.0% 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. 3.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17097865000 compare to Lake Forest overall?
Tract 17097865000 scores 1.4/10, lower than the parent city of Lake Forest at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lake Forest; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 17097865000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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 Forest
Top eight tracts in Lake Forest ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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