Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 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

With a score of 3.2/10, tract 17097865000 in Lake Forest, IL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,050 residents. Cost burden runs 100% here against 42.6% across Lake County.

Risk score

3.2

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.

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 3.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.1/10. Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

SNAP participation runs 4.0% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 1.2 points below the Lake County average of 4.4. Housing insecurity runs 5.0% against 14.2% nationally.

Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10. The voucher gap is 15.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. At $2,038 a month, rents run 12% over what the rest of Lake Forest commands.

This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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. On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 8% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 17097865000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097865000?

Census tract 17097865000 in Lake Forest scores 3.2/10 (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 17097865000?

Median gross rent is $2,038/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 100% of renter households are cost-burdened.

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.

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.

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.

How does tract 17097865000 compare to Lake Forest overall?

Tract 17097865000 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Lake Forest at 4/10. 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.

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.