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Census Tract · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally

Waukegan Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17097862501 · Lake County, IL · pop 3,803

Tract 17097862501 sits in Waukegan eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. Population here is 3,803. about a quarter of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Lake County average of 42.6%.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 17% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,207
Renter share22.9%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate14.8%
Median income$66,198

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 21 tracts In Waukegan
Moderate
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#23 of 159 tracts In Lake County
High
Within state
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#1,067 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
National
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#21,564 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Waukegan and the region

Centroid at 42.3537, -87.8507 · click any tract to drill in

Why Waukegan scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
14.8% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,363 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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.
Waukegan risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.75.7This tracttract 862501Waukegan: 4.34.3Waukeganparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Waukegan

Food insecurity runs 33.4% against 17.8% nationally. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 2.5/10.

Against the Lake County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. 13% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.7/10. SNAP participation runs 25.6% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,363, 13% above the Waukegan average.

That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 23% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

Statute speed, court posture and rent-regulation exposure are inherited from Waukegan eviction risk rather than measured on these blocks; the economic and supply components are the tract-level part of the score. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $66,198.

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 17097862501

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097862501?

Census tract 17097862501 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 17097862501?

Median gross rent is $1,363/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17097862501?

14.8% of residents in tract 17097862501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,803.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17097862501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 88th, minority 93th, housing 25th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 17097862501 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.0% 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. 13.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 17097862501 compare to Waukegan overall?

Tract 17097862501 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Waukegan

Top eight tracts in Waukegan ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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