Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Bluff Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17097863300 · Lake County, IL · pop 2,327 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Lake Bluff
Census tract 17097863300 belongs to Lake Bluff in Lake County, Illinois. It is home to 2,327 residents and scores 5.6/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 61st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 55% of renter households, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,641 a month against an average household income of $248,456 a year, roughly 8% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units957
Renter share13.5%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate1.2%
Median income$248,456
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
7
th percentile
Very Low
National
3
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lake Bluff and the region
Centroid at 42.2894, -87.8364 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake Bluff scores 1.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lake Bluff
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
1.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,641 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lake Bluff
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lake Bluff
2.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lake Bluff
5.3
How Lake Bluff compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 3%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 12%Grade B
- 18%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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.
- 4.6%Housing insecurity
- 3.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.6%Food insecurity
- 3.5%SNAP enrollment
- 3.1%Transit barriers
- 3.2%No health insurance
- 11.5%Frequent mental distress
- 17.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lake Bluff
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.6/10. 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 Lake Bluff, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Lake County average of 5.3 and in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 4.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 1st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097863300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097863300?
Census tract 17097863300 in Lake Bluff scores 1.2/10 (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 17097863300?
Median gross rent is $1,641/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097863300?
1.2% of residents in tract 17097863300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,327.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097863300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 27th, minority 14th, housing 3th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17097863300 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.6% 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. 3.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17097863300 compare to Lake Bluff overall?
Tract 17097863300 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of Lake Bluff at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lake Bluff; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 17097863300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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Highest-risk tracts in Lake Bluff
Top eight tracts in Lake Bluff ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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