Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Gages Lake Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17097861608 · Lake County, IL · pop 3,805 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Gages Lake
Tract 17097861608 sits in Gages Lake, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.3/10. Population here is 3,805. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,362
Renter share14.8%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate1.2%
Median income$117,143
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gages Lake and the region
Centroid at 42.3475, -87.9732 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gages Lake scores 3.3
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
1.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,729 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: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.1%Food insecurity
- 7.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 21.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gages Lake
Against the Lake County average of 4.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. Food insecurity runs 9.1% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 7.1% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 27th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 15% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.9/10. Against average income of $117,143, annual rent is just 18%.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.8 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 1%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 43% of renters.
Average gross rent is $1,729, close to the Gages Lake average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097861608
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097861608?
Census tract 17097861608 in Gages Lake scores 3.3/10 (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 17097861608?
Median gross rent is $1,729/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097861608?
1.2% of residents in tract 17097861608 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,805.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097861608?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 13th, minority 51th, housing 26th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17097861608 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17097861608 compare to Gages Lake overall?
Tract 17097861608 scores 3.3/10, lower 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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