Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Beach Station Eviction Risk: Lower , Waukegan
Tract 17097861803 · Lake County, IL · pop 7,498 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Census tract 17097861803 belongs to Beach Station in Waukegan, Illinois. It is home to 7,498 residents and scores 4.2/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 16% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 26% of renter households, a moderate level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,346 monthly, set against $81,682 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 47% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units2,423
Renter share47.3%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$81,682
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Waukegan and the region
Centroid at 42.4017, -87.8546 · click any tract to drill in
Why Beach Station scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,346 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Beach Station compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Beach Station. 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.
- 22.7%Housing insecurity
- 12.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.8%Food insecurity
- 22.1%SNAP enrollment
- 12.6%Transit barriers
- 21.6%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 31.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Beach Station
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Waukegan eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Lake County average of 5.3 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 73rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 22.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097861803
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097861803?
Census tract 17097861803 in the Beach Station neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 17097861803?
Median gross rent is $1,346/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097861803?
4.8% of residents in tract 17097861803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,498.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097861803?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 52th, minority 83th, housing 78th.
Q5
Is tract 17097861803 considered part of Beach Station?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17097861803 fall within Beach Station (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 17097861803 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.7% 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. 12.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17097861803 compare to Waukegan overall?
Tract 17097861803 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Waukegan at 4.4/10. 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.
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5.5
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/ 10 · Moderate
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