Census Tract · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Waukegan Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17097862000 ·
Lake County, IL · pop 6,291
Tract 17097862000 sits in Waukegan eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. Against Lake County at 42.6%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%Stable renters 18%Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units2,228
Renter share47.2%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate19.8%
Median income$70,352
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
55th percentile
#10 of 21 tracts In Waukegan
Elevated
Within county
79th percentile
#34 of 159 tracts In Lake County
High
Within state
67th percentile
#1,067 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
National
74th percentile
#21,564 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Waukegan and the region
Centroid at 42.3685, -87.8535 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waukegan scores 5.7
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
19.8% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,175 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
26.0%Housing insecurity
14.2%Utility-shutoff threat
32.6%Food insecurity
26.7%SNAP enrollment
14.5%Transit barriers
25.3%No health insurance
17.2%Frequent mental distress
33.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Waukegan
Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.7/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 25.3% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 1.3 points above the Lake County average of 4.4. Housing insecurity runs 26.0% against 14.2% nationally.
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
On the national scale it lands near the 74th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8/10.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,175, close to the Waukegan average.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $70,352. 47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097862000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097862000?
Census tract 17097862000 in Waukegan scores 5.7/10 (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 17097862000?
Median gross rent is $1,175/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097862000?
19.8% of residents in tract 17097862000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,291.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097862000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 46th, minority 91th, housing 53th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17097862000 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.0% 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. 14.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17097862000 compare to Waukegan overall?
Tract 17097862000 scores 5.7/10, higher than 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.
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