Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Gages Lake Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17097861610 · Lake County, IL · pop 3,659 · 87% of tract blocks fall in Gages Lake
With a score of 3.4/10, tract 17097861610 in Gages Lake, IL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,659 residents. 17% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Lake County average of 42.6%.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,358
Renter share11.9%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate5.3%
Median income$123,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
22
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gages Lake and the region
Centroid at 42.3588, -87.9806 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gages Lake scores 3.4
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
5.3% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,188 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.9%Food insecurity
- 7.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 20.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gages Lake
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.3/10. At $1,188 a month, rents run 30% under what the rest of Gages Lake commands.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. Against the Lake County average of 4.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.
Food insecurity runs 9.9% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.7% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 29th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 12% 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 2.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 12% of average household income of $123,125, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.7 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097861610
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097861610?
Census tract 17097861610 in Gages Lake scores 3.4/10 (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 17097861610?
Median gross rent is $1,188/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097861610?
5.3% of residents in tract 17097861610 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,659.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097861610?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 16th, minority 50th, housing 21th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17097861610 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17097861610 compare to Gages Lake overall?
Tract 17097861610 scores 3.4/10, 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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