Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally

Waukegan Eviction Risk: Moderate

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

Eviction risk in Waukegan eviction risk centers on tract 17097862501, which scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 3,803 residents. It lands near the 23rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 27% of renter households, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,363 monthly, set against $66,198 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.5

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.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Waukegan and the region

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

Why Waukegan scores 4.5

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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

95%Socioeconomic
88%Household composition
93%Racial/ethnic minority
25%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.

27.0%Housing insecurity
13.8%Utility-shutoff threat
33.4%Food insecurity
25.6%SNAP enrollment
14.6%Transit barriers
28.3%No health insurance
17.2%Frequent mental distress
33.0%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.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 83rd 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 27.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17097862501

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

Census tract 17097862501 in Waukegan scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

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.

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.

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.

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.

How does tract 17097862501 compare to Waukegan overall?

Tract 17097862501 scores 4.5/10, right in line with 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

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