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

Joliet Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17197882802 · Will County, IL · pop 3,110

Tract 17197882802 sits in Joliet eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. It is home to 3,110 residents. 36% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

5.2

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 29% Owners 43%

Tract context

Occupied units1,058

Renter share57.6%

SVI overall0.89

Poverty rate31.0%

Median income$46,159

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Joliet and the region

Centroid at 41.5204, -88.1327 · 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

31.0% poverty · this tract

7.7

Supply constraint

$1,275 rent vs county FMR

2.2

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: 89

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

78%Socioeconomic
86%Household composition
77%Racial/ethnic minority
89%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
1%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.

20.9%Housing insecurity
14.1%Utility-shutoff threat
27.4%Food insecurity
28.6%SNAP enrollment
13.4%Transit barriers
15.4%No health insurance
18.6%Frequent mental distress
38.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Joliet

Set annual rent against average income of $46,159 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 2/10. Against Will County at 40.4%, roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened.

SNAP participation runs 28.6% against 15.2% nationally. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. Running hot, economic stress reads 7.7/10.

Food insecurity runs 27.4% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Will County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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.

On the national scale it lands near the 65th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17197882802

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197882802?

Census tract 17197882802 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 17197882802?

Median gross rent is $1,275/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17197882802?

31.0% of residents in tract 17197882802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,110.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17197882802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 86th, minority 77th, housing 89th.

What share of households in tract 17197882802 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.9% 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. 14.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17197882802 compare to Joliet overall?

Tract 17197882802 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 17197882802 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Joliet

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