Neighborhood · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally

Lake Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Champaign

Tract 17019001400 · Champaign County, IL · pop 6,873 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

The Lake Park area of Champaign anchors census tract 17019001400, which lands at 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 69th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 39% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $868 monthly, set against $65,469 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 57% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

4.6

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 35% Owners 43%

Tract context

Occupied units1,587

Renter share56.6%

SVI overall0.30

Poverty rate11.8%

Median income$65,469

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Champaign and the region

Centroid at 40.0759, -88.2428 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lake Park scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Champaign

6.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.1

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

11.8% poverty · this tract

2.9

Supply constraint

$868 rent vs county FMR

3.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Champaign

8.1

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

4.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Champaign

9.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Champaign

8.3

How Lake Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 30

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

23%Socioeconomic
10%Household composition
54%Racial/ethnic minority
66%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Lake Park. 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.

10.3%Housing insecurity
5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
13.7%Food insecurity
9.4%SNAP enrollment
8.9%Transit barriers
6.9%No health insurance
19.0%Frequent mental distress
22.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lake Park

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Champaign eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Champaign County average of 6.0 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 30th 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 17019001400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17019001400?

Census tract 17019001400 in the Lake Park neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 17019001400?

Median gross rent is $868/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17019001400?

11.8% of residents in tract 17019001400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,873.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17019001400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 10th, minority 54th, housing 66th.

Is tract 17019001400 considered part of Lake Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17019001400 fall within Lake Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 17019001400 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.3% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17019001400 compare to Champaign overall?

Tract 17019001400 scores 4.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Champaign at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Champaign eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Champaign

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