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Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally

Waukegan Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17097862502 · Lake County, IL · pop 2,663

With a score of 5.6/10, tract 17097862502 in Waukegan, IL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,663. Against Lake County at 42.6%, 5% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 18% Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units577
Renter share19.2%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate20.3%
Median income$101,719

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 21 tracts In Waukegan
Low
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#38 of 159 tracts In Lake County
High
Within state
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#1,130 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
National
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#22,681 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Waukegan and the region

Centroid at 42.3412, -87.8504 · click any tract to drill in

Why Waukegan scores 5.6

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
20.3% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,774 rent vs county FMR
5.1
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: 5.65.6This tracttract 862502Waukegan: 4.34.3Waukeganparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 85

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

At $1,774 a month, rents run 47% over what the rest of Waukegan commands. Food insecurity runs 42.5% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 30.4% against 11.3% 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 1.2 points.

The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. That is riskier than roughly 73% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Only 19% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Waukegan eviction risk as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $101,719.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 17097862502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097862502?

Census tract 17097862502 in Waukegan scores 5.6/10 (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 17097862502?

Median gross rent is $1,774/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 5% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17097862502?

20.3% of residents in tract 17097862502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,663.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17097862502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 92th, minority 88th, housing 60th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 17097862502 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.6% 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. 19.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 17097862502 compare to Waukegan overall?

Tract 17097862502 scores 5.6/10, 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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