Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Lockport Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17197880602 · Will County, IL · pop 3,498 · 85% of tract blocks fall in Lockport
Lockport anchors census tract 17197880602, which lands at 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 50% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 47% of renter households, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,154 a month against an average household income of $86,111 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,562
Renter share35.0%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$86,111
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lockport and the region
Centroid at 41.5905, -88.0546 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lockport scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lockport
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,154 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lockport
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lockport
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lockport
4.7
How Lockport compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.7%Food insecurity
- 10.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 26.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lockport
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 5.8/10. 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 Lockport, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Will County average of 4.9 and in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 6th 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17197880602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197880602?
Census tract 17197880602 in Lockport scores 2.5/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 17197880602?
Median gross rent is $1,154/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17197880602?
9.9% of residents in tract 17197880602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,498.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17197880602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 11th, minority 13th, housing 7th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17197880602 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17197880602 compare to Lockport overall?
Tract 17197880602 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Lockport at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lockport; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lockport
Top eight tracts in Lockport ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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