Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally

Joliet Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 17197883208 · Will County, IL · pop 3,141 · 45% of tract blocks fall in Joliet

Joliet is where census tract 17197883208 sits, home to 3,141 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 3.7/10. That is riskier than roughly 8% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

15% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,246 a month against an average household income of $77,784 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 16% Owners 81%

Tract context

Occupied units1,348

Renter share19.4%

SVI overall0.21

Poverty rate9.8%

Median income$77,784

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Joliet and the region

Centroid at 41.5438, -88.1512 · click any tract to drill in

Why Joliet scores 3

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

9.8% poverty · this tract

2.4

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: 21

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

28%Socioeconomic
38%Household composition
44%Racial/ethnic minority
14%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.

11.2%Housing insecurity
6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
12.4%Food insecurity
10.7%SNAP enrollment
6.8%Transit barriers
9.1%No health insurance
15.6%Frequent mental distress
27.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Joliet

What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 3.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Joliet eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Will County average of 4.9 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 21st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 17197883208

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197883208?

Census tract 17197883208 in Joliet scores 3/10 (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 average rent in tract 17197883208?

Median gross rent is $1,246/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17197883208?

9.8% of residents in tract 17197883208 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,141.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17197883208?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 38th, minority 44th, housing 14th.

What share of households in tract 17197883208 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.2% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17197883208 compare to Joliet overall?

Tract 17197883208 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Joliet at 4.1/10. 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.