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

Waukegan Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17097862603 · Lake County, IL · pop 6,730 · 90% of tract blocks fall in Waukegan

17097862603 is a census tract in Waukegan, IL. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,730 residents. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.5/10.

Risk score

5.7

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 33% Owners 46%

Tract context

Occupied units2,538

Renter share53.8%

SVI overall0.77

Poverty rate12.5%

Median income$56,121

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Waukegan and the region

Centroid at 42.3649, -87.8703 · 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

12.5% poverty · this tract

3.1

Supply constraint

$1,140 rent vs county FMR

1.5

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: 77

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

83%Socioeconomic
66%Household composition
86%Racial/ethnic minority
50%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.

22.7%Housing insecurity
11.9%Utility-shutoff threat
27.5%Food insecurity
21.3%SNAP enrollment
12.2%Transit barriers
22.2%No health insurance
16.2%Frequent mental distress
30.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Waukegan

Against the Lake County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 22.2% against 11.3% nationally.

Housing insecurity runs 22.7% against 14.2% nationally. Running cool, economic stress reads 3.1/10. On the national scale it lands near the 74th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.9/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 39% of renters. Average gross rent is $1,140, close to the Waukegan average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $56,121.

54% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 17097862603

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097862603?

Census tract 17097862603 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.

What is the average rent in tract 17097862603?

Median gross rent is $1,140/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17097862603?

12.5% of residents in tract 17097862603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,730.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17097862603?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 66th, minority 86th, housing 50th.

What share of households in tract 17097862603 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.7% 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. 11.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17097862603 compare to Waukegan overall?

Tract 17097862603 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.