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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
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 21 tracts In Waukegan
Elevated
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#34 of 159 tracts In Lake County
High
Within state
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#1,067 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
National
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#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.
Waukegan risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.75.7This tracttract 862000Waukegan: 4.34.3Waukeganparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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

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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Waukegan

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

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