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

Homer Glen Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 17197881001 · Will County, IL · pop 5,095 · 32% of tract blocks fall in Homer Glen

17197881001 is a census tract in Homer Glen, IL. It scores 3.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,095 residents. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.3/10.

Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 6% Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,832
Renter share8.6%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate2.7%
Median income$125,583

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 7 tracts In Homer Glen
Low
Within county
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#140 of 172 tracts In Will County
Very Low
Within state
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#2,796 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very Low
National
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#65,414 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Homer Glen and the region

Centroid at 41.6202, -88.0023 · click any tract to drill in

Why Homer Glen scores 3.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Homer Glen
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
2.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,589 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Homer Glen
9.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Homer Glen
2.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Homer Glen
6.1

How Homer Glen compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Homer Glen risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.13.1This tracttract 881001Homer Glen: 4.14.1Homer Glenparent cityCounty: 4.24.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 15

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 Homer Glen

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.4/10.

It sits 1.1 points below the Will County average of 4.2. 35% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Will County average of 40.4%. Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally.

Average gross rent is $1,589, 15% below the Homer Glen average. SNAP participation runs 7.8% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 22nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 9% 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 2.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $125,583, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.0 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17197881001

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197881001?

Census tract 17197881001 in Homer Glen 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 17197881001?

Median gross rent is $1,589/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17197881001?

2.7% of residents in tract 17197881001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,095.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17197881001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 12th, minority 29th, housing 22th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 17197881001 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.2% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 17197881001 compare to Homer Glen overall?

Tract 17197881001 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Homer Glen at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Homer Glen; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Homer Glen

Top eight tracts in Homer Glen ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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