Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Fox Lake Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 17097860903 · Lake County, IL · pop 6,295 · 77% of tract blocks fall in Fox Lake
17097860903 is a census tract in Fox Lake, IL. It scores 6/10 for landlords. Against Lake County at 42.6%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units2,889
Renter share37.6%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate16.7%
Median income$56,227
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fox Lake and the region
Centroid at 42.3916, -88.1668 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fox Lake scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fox Lake
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
16.7% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$953 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fox Lake
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fox Lake
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fox Lake
7.1
How Fox Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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.
- 13.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.4%Food insecurity
- 15.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 10.2%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 29.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fox Lake
The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10.
It sits 1.6 points above the Lake County average of 4.4. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.2/10. Average gross rent is $953, 9% below the Fox Lake average.
Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $56,227. 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097860903
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097860903?
Census tract 17097860903 in Fox Lake scores 6/10 (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 17097860903?
Median gross rent is $953/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097860903?
16.7% of residents in tract 17097860903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,295.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097860903?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 48th, minority 35th, housing 52th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17097860903 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.3% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17097860903 compare to Fox Lake overall?
Tract 17097860903 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Fox Lake at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fox Lake; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fox Lake
Top eight tracts in Fox Lake ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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