Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Waukegan Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17097862700 · Lake County, IL · pop 3,851
Census tract 17097862700 covers part of Waukegan, IL, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,851 residents. Against Lake County at 42.6%, 25% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,211
Renter share48.8%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$61,761
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Waukegan and the region
Centroid at 42.3469, -87.8407 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waukegan scores 5.4
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
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,139 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%Housing & transportation
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.
- 24.3%Housing insecurity
- 12.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.0%Food insecurity
- 20.5%SNAP enrollment
- 12.6%Transit barriers
- 23.9%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 29.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Waukegan
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.5/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.1/10. The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Adults with no health insurance runs 23.9% against 11.3% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 24.3% against 14.2% nationally. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10.
It sits 1.0 points above the Lake County average of 4.4. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.9/10.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,139, close to the Waukegan average.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $61,761.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097862700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097862700?
Census tract 17097862700 in Waukegan scores 5.4/10 (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 17097862700?
Median gross rent is $1,139/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097862700?
8.4% of residents in tract 17097862700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,851.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097862700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 89th, minority 91th, housing 27th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17097862700 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.3% 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. 12.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17097862700 compare to Waukegan overall?
Tract 17097862700 scores 5.4/10, 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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