Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Gages Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17097861607 · Lake County, IL · pop 4,259 · 76% of tract blocks fall in Gages Lake
Tract 17097861607 sits in Gages Lake, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. It is home to 4,259 residents. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,793
Renter share34.1%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$84,375
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gages Lake and the region
Centroid at 42.3399, -87.9956 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gages Lake scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gages Lake
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,730 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gages Lake
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gages Lake
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gages Lake
4.7
How Gages Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.6%Food insecurity
- 12.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 26.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gages Lake
54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Lake County average of 42.6%. The clearest offset is economic stress at 2.1/10. On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. It tracks the Lake County average of 4.4 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,730, close to the Gages Lake average. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $84,375. 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 17097861607
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097861607?
Census tract 17097861607 in Gages Lake scores 4.8/10 (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 17097861607?
Median gross rent is $1,730/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097861607?
8.6% of residents in tract 17097861607 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,259.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097861607?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 51th, minority 37th, housing 66th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17097861607 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17097861607 compare to Gages Lake overall?
Tract 17097861607 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Gages Lake at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gages Lake; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Gages Lake
Top eight tracts in Gages Lake ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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