Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
New Lenox Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17197881109 · Will County, IL · pop 4,391 · 82% of tract blocks fall in New Lenox
17197881109 is a census tract in New Lenox, IL. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,391 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,520
Renter share19.6%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate2.5%
Median income$130,931
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
12
th percentile
Very Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Lenox and the region
Centroid at 41.4798, -88.0032 · click any tract to drill in
Why New Lenox scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from New Lenox
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
2.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,090 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from New Lenox
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New Lenox
2.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from New Lenox
4.2
How New Lenox compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 8.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 6.1%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 22.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in New Lenox
27% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Will County average of 40.4%. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.2/10.
At $1,090 a month, rents run 24% under what the rest of New Lenox commands. It sits 1.2 points below the Will County average of 4.2.
Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.7/10. Food insecurity runs 9.2% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 8.0% against 15.2% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 20% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Against average income of $130,931, annual rent is just 10%. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.1 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17197881109
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197881109?
Census tract 17197881109 in New Lenox 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 17197881109?
Median gross rent is $1,090/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17197881109?
2.5% of residents in tract 17197881109 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,391.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17197881109?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 19th, minority 27th, housing 17th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17197881109 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17197881109 compare to New Lenox overall?
Tract 17197881109 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of New Lenox at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New Lenox; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in New Lenox
Top eight tracts in New Lenox ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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