Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Waukegan Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17097862401 · Lake County, IL · pop 2,966
Census tract 17097862401 sits in Waukegan eviction risk, Illinois eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. It lands near the 36th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 40% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $960 a month against an average household income of $61,616 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 65% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units1,333
Renter share64.7%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate17.9%
Median income$61,616
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
90
th percentile
High
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Waukegan and the region
Centroid at 42.3657, -87.8405 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waukegan scores 4.7
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
17.9% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$960 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: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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.
- 23.8%Housing insecurity
- 12.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.5%Food insecurity
- 23.8%SNAP enrollment
- 13.2%Transit barriers
- 23.7%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 33.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Waukegan
What moves this score most is economic stress at 4.5/10. 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 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 23.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 91st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097862401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097862401?
Census tract 17097862401 in Waukegan scores 4.7/10 (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 17097862401?
Median gross rent is $960/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097862401?
17.9% of residents in tract 17097862401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,966.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097862401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 91th, minority 86th, housing 69th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17097862401 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.8% 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. 12.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17097862401 compare to Waukegan overall?
Tract 17097862401 scores 4.7/10, higher 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.
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