Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
West Lakes Eviction Risk: Elevated , Lynwood
Tract 17031828508 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,095 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Census tract 17031828508 covers part of the West Lakes area of Lynwood, IL, and scores 7.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,095 residents. Severe burden reaches 76%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,824
Renter share33.5%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate28.6%
Median income$29,207
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lynwood and the region
Centroid at 41.5213, -87.5437 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Lakes scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lynwood
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
28.6% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$1,075 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lynwood
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lynwood
4.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lynwood
7.9
How West Lakes compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West Lakes. 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.
- 28.3%Housing insecurity
- 19.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.9%Food insecurity
- 39.5%SNAP enrollment
- 17.4%Transit barriers
- 12.6%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 37.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Lakes
Against Cook County at 45.6%, 97% of renters here are cost-burdened. SNAP participation runs 39.5% against 15.2% nationally. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $29,207 and the ratio lands at 44%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Food insecurity runs 36.9% against 17.8% nationally.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.1/10. The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.9/10.
At $1,075 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Lynwood commands. It sits 1.2 points above the Cook County average of 6.1.
That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031828508
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031828508?
Census tract 17031828508 in the West Lakes neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (Elevated 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 17031828508?
Median gross rent is $1,075/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 97% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031828508?
28.6% of residents in tract 17031828508 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,095.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031828508?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 97th, minority 90th, housing 81th.
Q5
Is tract 17031828508 considered part of West Lakes?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031828508 fall within West Lakes (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031828508 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.3% 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. 19.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031828508 compare to Lynwood overall?
Tract 17031828508 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Lynwood at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lynwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lynwood
Top eight tracts in Lynwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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