Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally

Joliet Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 17197880414 · Will County, IL · pop 4,483 · 50% of tract blocks fall in Joliet

17197880414 is a census tract in Joliet, IL. It scores 3.5/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,483 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.2/10.

Risk score

3.5

Lower

Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 1% Owners 98%

Tract context

Occupied units1,570

Renter share1.1%

SVI overall0.12

Poverty rate5.0%

Median income$108,313

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Joliet and the region

Centroid at 41.5609, -88.1716 · click any tract to drill in

Why Joliet scores 3.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Joliet

4.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.4

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

5.0% poverty · this tract

1.2

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Joliet

2.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Joliet

3.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Joliet

3.5

How Joliet compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 12

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

13%Socioeconomic
11%Household composition
53%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.

10.0%Housing insecurity
5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
10.7%Food insecurity
8.8%SNAP enrollment
6.1%Transit barriers
8.1%No health insurance
16.0%Frequent mental distress
24.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Joliet

50% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Will County average of 40.4%. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10.

Food insecurity runs 10.7% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 0.7 points below the Will County average of 4.2. Nationally it ranks #57,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 1% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 2.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.6 points cooler.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, 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 17197880414

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197880414?

Census tract 17197880414 in Joliet scores 3.5/10 (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 17197880414?

5.0% of residents in tract 17197880414 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,483.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17197880414?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 11th, minority 53th, housing 22th.

What share of households in tract 17197880414 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.0% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17197880414 compare to Joliet overall?

Tract 17197880414 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Joliet at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Joliet eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Joliet

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