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Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally

Waukegan Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17097861702 · Lake County, IL · pop 4,235

17097861702 is a census tract in Waukegan, IL. It scores 4.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,235. The severe-burden share is 46%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 6% Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,450
Renter share13.5%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$95,652

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#19 of 21 tracts In Waukegan
Very Low
Within county
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#71 of 159 tracts In Lake County
Elevated
Within state
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#1,964 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Low
National
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#44,239 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Waukegan and the region

Centroid at 42.3891, -87.8359 · click any tract to drill in

Why Waukegan scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Waukegan
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,146 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Waukegan
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Waukegan
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Waukegan
4.0

How Waukegan compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Waukegan risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.34.3This tracttract 861702Waukegan: 4.34.3Waukeganparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 64

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 Waukegan

Cost burden runs 59% here against 42.6% across Lake County. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.5/10.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Only 14% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.7/10.

Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $95,652, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. It tracks the Lake County average of 4.4 closely.

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 17097861702

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097861702?

Census tract 17097861702 in Waukegan scores 4.3/10 (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 17097861702?

Median gross rent is $1,146/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17097861702?

6.0% of residents in tract 17097861702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,235.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17097861702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 89th, minority 79th, housing 16th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 17097861702 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.8% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 17097861702 compare to Waukegan overall?

Tract 17097861702 scores 4.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Waukegan at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Waukegan eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Waukegan

Top eight tracts in Waukegan ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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