Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Braidwood Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17197884004 · Will County, IL · pop 2,794 · 59% of tract blocks fall in Braidwood
With a score of 5/10, tract 17197884004 in Braidwood, IL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,287
Renter share13.3%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$78,371
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Braidwood and the region
Centroid at 41.2330, -88.2083 · click any tract to drill in
Why Braidwood scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Braidwood
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,164 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Braidwood
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Braidwood
4.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Braidwood
6.4
How Braidwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.6%Food insecurity
- 12.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 7.5%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 30.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Braidwood
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.6/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.8/10.
Cost burden runs 33% here against 40.4% across Will County. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.5/10. It sits 0.8 points above the Will County average of 4.2.
At $1,164 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of Braidwood commands. That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 13% 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 3.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 18% of average household income of $78,371, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17197884004
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197884004?
Census tract 17197884004 in Braidwood scores 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 17197884004?
Median gross rent is $1,164/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17197884004?
10.1% of residents in tract 17197884004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,794.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17197884004?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 27th, minority 19th, housing 45th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17197884004 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17197884004 compare to Braidwood overall?
Tract 17197884004 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Braidwood at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Braidwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Braidwood
Top eight tracts in Braidwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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