Within parent city
87
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #50,269 of 84,120 nationally
Joliet Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17197881601 · Will County, IL · pop 2,250
Census tract 17197881601 is in Joliet, Illinois. It has a population of 2,250 and an eviction-risk score of 5.0/10 (Moderate tier). 70% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 27% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,372/month against a median household income of $64,500 — roughly 26% rent-to-income at the medians.
Risk score
5.0
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units920
Renter share33.3%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate14.7%
Median income$64,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
40
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Joliet and the region
Centroid at 41.5333, -88.1331 · click any tract to drill in
Why Joliet scores 5.0
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
14.7% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,372 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B — Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 3%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org) — 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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.
- 16.0%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.4%Food insecurity
- 20.1%SNAP enrollment
- 10.3%Transit barriers
- 13.1%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 34.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About tract 17197881601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197881601?
Census tract 17197881601 in Joliet scores 5.0/10 (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 17197881601?
Median gross rent is $1,372/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17197881601?
14.7% of residents in tract 17197881601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,250.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17197881601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 92th, minority 61th, housing 50th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17197881601 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.0% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17197881601 compare to Joliet overall?
Tract 17197881601 scores 5.0/10 — higher than the parent city of Joliet at 4.3/10. 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.
Q7
Was tract 17197881601 historically redlined?
Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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Highest-risk tracts in Joliet
Top eight tracts in Joliet ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.0
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.0
/ 10 · Moderate
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