Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally

Waukegan Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 17097863601 · Lake County, IL · pop 3,419 · 25% of tract blocks fall in Waukegan

17097863601 is a census tract in Waukegan, IL. It scores 3.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,419 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.

Risk score

3.1

Lower

Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 1% Owners 99%

Tract context

Occupied units1,088

Renter share1.2%

SVI overall0.04

Poverty rate3.5%

Median income$213,929

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Waukegan and the region

Centroid at 42.3186, -87.9491 · click any tract to drill in

Why Waukegan scores 3.1

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

3.5% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

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: 4

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

2%Socioeconomic
11%Household composition
32%Racial/ethnic minority
14%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.

5.6%Housing insecurity
3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
6.0%Food insecurity
4.4%SNAP enrollment
3.7%Transit barriers
3.9%No health insurance
11.6%Frequent mental distress
18.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Waukegan

Against the Lake County average of 4.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. SNAP participation runs 4.4% against 15.2% nationally.

Adults with no health insurance runs 3.9% against 11.3% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 22nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 1% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.0 points cooler.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17097863601

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097863601?

Census tract 17097863601 in Waukegan scores 3.1/10 (Lower 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 poverty rate in tract 17097863601?

3.5% of residents in tract 17097863601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,419.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17097863601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 11th, minority 32th, housing 14th.

What share of households in tract 17097863601 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.6% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17097863601 compare to Waukegan overall?

Tract 17097863601 scores 3.1/10, lower 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

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