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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Grandwood Park Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 17097861604 · Lake County, IL · pop 5,540 · 51% of tract blocks fall in Grandwood Park

Tract 17097861604 sits in Grandwood Park, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 5,540 residents. Against Lake County at 42.6%, 64% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 5% Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units2,062
Renter share12.8%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate2.1%
Median income$127,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Grandwood Park
Moderate
Within county
15 th percentile
Rank, 15th percentileLowHigh
#135 of 159 tracts In Lake County
Very Low
Within state
12 th percentile
Rank, 12th percentileLowHigh
#2,873 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Grandwood Park and the region

Centroid at 42.4023, -87.9746 · click any tract to drill in

Why Grandwood Park scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Grandwood Park
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
2.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,797 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Grandwood Park
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Grandwood Park
3.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Grandwood Park
5.2

How Grandwood Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Grandwood Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.03.0This tracttract 861604Grandwood Park: 4.04.0Grandwood Parkparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 9

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Grandwood Park

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10. Against the Lake County average of 4.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.

Disability prevalence runs 18.9% against 31.5% nationally. The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Food insecurity runs 8.2% against 17.8% nationally. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 13% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $127,500, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.1 points cooler.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

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 17097861604

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097861604?

Census tract 17097861604 in Grandwood Park scores 3/10 (Lower 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 17097861604?

Median gross rent is $1,797/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17097861604?

2.1% of residents in tract 17097861604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,540.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17097861604?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 36th, minority 50th, housing 7th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 17097861604 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.0% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 17097861604 compare to Grandwood Park overall?

Tract 17097861604 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Grandwood Park at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Grandwood Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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