Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Lockport Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17197880701 · Will County, IL · pop 4,391 · 85% of tract blocks fall in Lockport
Census tract 17197880701 sits in Lockport in Will County, Illinois eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. That is riskier than about 57% of US census tracts.
About 58% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,485 monthly, set against $81,311 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,785
Renter share25.6%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate11.1%
Median income$81,311
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lockport and the region
Centroid at 41.5761, -88.0436 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lockport scores 2.7
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
11.1% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,485 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.9%Food insecurity
- 10.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 27.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lockport
What moves this score most 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 9.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 42nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17197880701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197880701?
Census tract 17197880701 in Lockport scores 2.7/10 (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 17197880701?
Median gross rent is $1,485/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17197880701?
11.1% of residents in tract 17197880701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,391.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17197880701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 57th, minority 36th, housing 21th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17197880701 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17197880701 compare to Lockport overall?
Tract 17197880701 scores 2.7/10, 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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