Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Bull Creek Terrace Eviction Risk: Moderate , Beach Park
Tract 17097860500 · Lake County, IL · pop 4,195 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
How risky is Bull Creek Terrace in Beach Park for landlords? Census tract 17097860500 scores 6.2/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 81% of US census tracts.
About 64% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 40% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,283 monthly, set against $59,917 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 29% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,566
Renter share28.7%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate21.9%
Median income$59,917
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Beach Park and the region
Centroid at 42.4406, -87.8344 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bull Creek Terrace scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Beach Park
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
21.9% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$1,283 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Beach Park
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Beach Park
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Beach Park
7.0
How Bull Creek Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Bull Creek Terrace. 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.
- 23.3%Housing insecurity
- 14.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.6%Food insecurity
- 26.5%SNAP enrollment
- 13.6%Transit barriers
- 17.2%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 32.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bull Creek Terrace
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. 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 Beach Park, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Lake County average of 5.3 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 99th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 23.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097860500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097860500?
Census tract 17097860500 in the Bull Creek Terrace neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 average rent in tract 17097860500?
Median gross rent is $1,283/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097860500?
21.9% of residents in tract 17097860500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,195.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097860500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 99th, minority 81th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 17097860500 considered part of Bull Creek Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17097860500 fall within Bull Creek Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 17097860500 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.3% 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. 14.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17097860500 compare to Beach Park overall?
Tract 17097860500 scores 5/10, right in line with the parent city of Beach Park at 4.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Beach Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Beach Park
Top eight tracts in Beach Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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