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Neighborhood · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally

Walnut Trails Eviction Risk: Moderate , Shorewood

Tract 17197883216 · Will County, IL · pop 3,255 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

17197883216 is a census tract in the Walnut Trails area of Shorewood, IL. It scores 4.1/10 for landlords. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10.

Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 1% Owners 99%
Tract context
Occupied units1,146
Renter share1.5%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate11.5%
Median income$121,458

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Walnut Trails
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Shorewood
Very High
Within county
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#76 of 172 tracts In Will County
Elevated
Within state
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#2,094 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Shorewood and the region

Centroid at 41.5287, -88.2086 · click any tract to drill in

Why Walnut Trails scores 4.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Shorewood
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
11.5% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Shorewood
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Shorewood
2.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Shorewood
6.4

How Walnut Trails compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Walnut Trails risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.14.1This tracttract 883216Shorewood: 4.04.0Shorewoodparent cityCounty: 4.24.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 15

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Walnut Trails. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Walnut Trails

Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.1/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.9/10. On the national scale it lands near the 44th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 1% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.4/10.

Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the Will County average of 4.2 closely.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17197883216

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197883216?

Census tract 17197883216 in the Walnut Trails neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the poverty rate in tract 17197883216?

11.5% of residents in tract 17197883216 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,255.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 17197883216?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 52th, minority 49th, housing 13th.
Q4

Is tract 17197883216 considered part of Walnut Trails?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17197883216 fall within Walnut Trails (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q5

What share of households in tract 17197883216 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.0% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 17197883216 compare to Shorewood overall?

Tract 17197883216 scores 4.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Shorewood at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Shorewood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Shorewood

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

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