Within parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Waukegan Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17097861902 · Lake County, IL · pop 7,469 · 42% of tract blocks fall in Waukegan
Census tract 17097861902 covers part of Waukegan, IL, and scores 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 7,469 residents. Cost burden runs 62% here against 42.6% across Lake County.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units2,984
Renter share62.8%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate20.5%
Median income$48,525
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Waukegan and the region
Centroid at 42.3813, -87.8747 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waukegan scores 5.7
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
20.5% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,127 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%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.
- 22.6%Housing insecurity
- 13.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.0%Food insecurity
- 24.4%SNAP enrollment
- 13.0%Transit barriers
- 18.8%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 31.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Waukegan
The severe-burden share is 36%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.4/10.
It sits 1.3 points above the Lake County average of 4.4. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Food insecurity runs 28.0% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 22.6% against 14.2% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.5/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,127, close to the Waukegan average. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $48,525.
63% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097861902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097861902?
Census tract 17097861902 in Waukegan scores 5.7/10 (Moderate 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 17097861902?
Median gross rent is $1,127/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097861902?
20.5% of residents in tract 17097861902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,469.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097861902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 60th, minority 85th, housing 85th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17097861902 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.6% 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. 13.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17097861902 compare to Waukegan overall?
Tract 17097861902 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Waukegan at 4.3/10. 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.
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