Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Channel Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17097860808 · Lake County, IL · pop 2,431 · 18% of tract blocks fall in Channel Lake
17097860808 is a census tract in Channel Lake, IL. It scores 4.9/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,431. 21% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Lake County average of 42.6%.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,108
Renter share4.3%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate9.6%
Median income$99,390
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Channel Lake and the region
Centroid at 42.4529, -88.1442 · click any tract to drill in
Why Channel Lake scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Channel Lake
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
9.6% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,438 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Channel Lake
9.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Channel Lake
4.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Channel Lake
8.6
How Channel Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%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.
- 9.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.0%Food insecurity
- 9.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 26.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Channel Lake
The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.4/10. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.6/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.4/10.
Average gross rent is $1,438, 9% below the Channel Lake average. Nationally it ranks #34,278 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 4% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.2/10.
Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $99,390, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Lake County average of 4.4 closely.
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 17097860808
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097860808?
Census tract 17097860808 in Channel Lake scores 4.9/10 (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 17097860808?
Median gross rent is $1,438/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097860808?
9.6% of residents in tract 17097860808 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,431.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097860808?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 13th, minority 20th, housing 8th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17097860808 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.5% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17097860808 compare to Channel Lake overall?
Tract 17097860808 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Channel Lake at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Channel Lake; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Channel Lake
Top eight tracts in Channel Lake ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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