Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Zion Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17097860200 · Lake County, IL · pop 4,042 · 90% of tract blocks fall in Zion
Census tract 17097860200 runs through Zion. With 4,042 residents, it scores 5.5/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 57% of US census tracts.
About 41% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,142 a month while the average household earns $61,797 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,343
Renter share39.5%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$61,797
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Zion and the region
Centroid at 42.4535, -87.8192 · click any tract to drill in
Why Zion scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Zion
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,142 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Zion
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Zion
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Zion
7.0
How Zion compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 22%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.
- 17.5%Housing insecurity
- 10.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.6%Food insecurity
- 17.7%SNAP enrollment
- 9.9%Transit barriers
- 14.0%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Zion
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. 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 Zion, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Lake County average of 5.3 and in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 74th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 17.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.0% 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 17097860200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097860200?
Census tract 17097860200 in Zion scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 17097860200?
Median gross rent is $1,142/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097860200?
7.6% of residents in tract 17097860200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,042.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097860200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 93th, minority 75th, housing 22th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17097860200 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.5% 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. 10.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17097860200 compare to Zion overall?
Tract 17097860200 scores 3.9/10, lower than the parent city of Zion at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Zion; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Zion
Top eight tracts in Zion ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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