Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Waukegan Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17097862200 · Lake County, IL · pop 4,059 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Waukegan
With a score of 5.7/10, tract 17097862200 in Waukegan, IL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,059. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,335
Renter share61.6%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate27.1%
Median income$59,840
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 42.3712, -87.8200 · 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
27.1% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$954 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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.
- 23.2%Housing insecurity
- 14.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.0%Food insecurity
- 25.3%SNAP enrollment
- 13.6%Transit barriers
- 18.0%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 30.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Waukegan
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against the Lake County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
At $954 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Waukegan commands. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10.
Food insecurity runs 28.0% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 23.2% against 14.2% nationally.
Nationally it ranks #21,564 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.6/10.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. 46% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $59,840.
62% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097862200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097862200?
Census tract 17097862200 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 17097862200?
Median gross rent is $954/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097862200?
27.1% of residents in tract 17097862200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,059.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097862200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 71th, minority 79th, housing 76th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17097862200 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.2% 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. 14.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17097862200 compare to Waukegan overall?
Tract 17097862200 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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