Census Tract · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Joliet Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17197882602 · Will County, IL · pop 2,583

Census tract 17197882602 covers part of Joliet, IL, and scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,583 residents. Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

5.2

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 24% Owners 53%

Tract context

Occupied units931

Renter share46.8%

SVI overall0.74

Poverty rate16.9%

Median income$64,413

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Joliet and the region

Centroid at 41.5173, -88.0949 · click any tract to drill in

Why Joliet scores 5.2

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

16.9% poverty · this tract

4.2

Supply constraint

$1,246 rent vs county FMR

2.1

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: 74

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

91%Socioeconomic
60%Household composition
84%Racial/ethnic minority
28%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
43%Grade B
34%Grade C
7%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.

25.8%Housing insecurity
14.8%Utility-shutoff threat
31.4%Food insecurity
28.0%SNAP enrollment
14.8%Transit barriers
22.3%No health insurance
19.8%Frequent mental distress
33.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Joliet

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 2/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.1/10. SNAP participation runs 28.0% against 15.2% nationally.

Cost burden runs 48% here against 40.4% across Will County. Housing insecurity runs 25.8% against 14.2% nationally.

It sits 1.0 points above the Will County average of 4.2. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Joliet. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.6/10.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 17197882602

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197882602?

Census tract 17197882602 in Joliet scores 5.2/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 17197882602?

Median gross rent is $1,246/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17197882602?

16.9% of residents in tract 17197882602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,583.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17197882602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 60th, minority 84th, housing 28th.

What share of households in tract 17197882602 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.8% 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. 14.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17197882602 compare to Joliet overall?

Tract 17197882602 scores 5.2/10, higher 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.

Was tract 17197882602 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. 7% 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Joliet

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