Within parent city
5
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Waukegan Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17097861901 · Lake County, IL · pop 2,979 · 43% of tract blocks fall in Waukegan
Waukegan anchors census tract 17097861901, which lands at 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #68,670 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 30% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,208 monthly, set against $88,171 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,062
Renter share15.6%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$88,171
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Waukegan and the region
Centroid at 42.4030, -87.8748 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waukegan scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Waukegan
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,208 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Waukegan
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Waukegan
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Waukegan
4.0
How Waukegan compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%Housing & transportation
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.
- 17.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.2%Food insecurity
- 14.5%SNAP enrollment
- 9.2%Transit barriers
- 17.9%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 28.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Waukegan
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 Waukegan eviction risk, 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 17.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 62nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097861901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097861901?
Census tract 17097861901 in Waukegan 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 17097861901?
Median gross rent is $1,208/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097861901?
3.4% of residents in tract 17097861901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,979.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097861901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 49th, minority 78th, housing 36th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17097861901 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.3% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17097861901 compare to Waukegan overall?
Tract 17097861901 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Waukegan at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Waukegan eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Waukegan
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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