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Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Waukegan Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17097861901 · Lake County, IL · pop 2,979 · 43% of tract blocks fall in Waukegan

Census tract 17097861901 covers part of Waukegan, IL, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,979. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 11% Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,062
Renter share15.6%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$88,171

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
5 th percentile
Rank, 5th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 21 tracts In Waukegan
Very Low
Within county
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#72 of 159 tracts In Lake County
Elevated
Within state
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#2,016 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Low
National
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#45,786 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Waukegan and the region

Centroid at 42.4030, -87.8748 · click any tract to drill in

Why Waukegan scores 4.2

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
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,208 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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: 4.24.2This tracttract 861901Waukegan: 4.34.3Waukeganparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

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

30% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Lake County average of 42.6%. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10.

Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 16% 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 6.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $88,171, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Poverty sits at 3%, 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. Average gross rent is $1,208, close to the Waukegan average.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 17097861901

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097861901?

Census tract 17097861901 in Waukegan scores 4.2/10 (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 17097861901?

Median gross rent is $1,208/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17097861901?

3.4% of residents in tract 17097861901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,979.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17097861901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 49th, minority 78th, housing 36th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 17097861901 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.3% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 17097861901 compare to Waukegan overall?

Tract 17097861901 scores 4.2/10, 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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