Neighborhood · Ranked #79,124 of 84,120 nationally

Skokie Junction Eviction Risk: Lower , Lake Forest

Tract 17097863400 · Lake County, IL · pop 4,353 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

Tract 17097863400 covers the Skokie Junction neighborhood of Lake Forest in Illinois. Home to 4,353 residents, it scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #26,440 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,625 monthly, set against $245,114 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

1.5

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 8% Owners 84%

Tract context

Occupied units1,309

Renter share15.9%

SVI overall0.10

Poverty rate8.3%

Median income$245,114

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lake Forest and the region

Centroid at 42.2545, -87.8255 · click any tract to drill in

Why Skokie Junction scores 1.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Lake Forest

6.6

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.2

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

8.3% poverty · this tract

2.1

Supply constraint

$2,625 rent vs county FMR

9.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Lake Forest

6.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Lake Forest

3.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Lake Forest

4.6

How Skokie Junction compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

8%Socioeconomic
16%Household composition
32%Racial/ethnic minority
24%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

17%Grade A
25%Grade B
19%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.

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.

5.9%Housing insecurity
3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
6.5%Food insecurity
4.6%SNAP enrollment
4.6%Transit barriers
4.4%No health insurance
14.3%Frequent mental distress
19.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Skokie Junction

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 9.9/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Lake Forest, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Lake County average of 5.3 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17097863400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097863400?

Census tract 17097863400 in the Skokie Junction neighborhood scores 1.5/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 17097863400?

Median gross rent is $2,625/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17097863400?

8.3% of residents in tract 17097863400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,353.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17097863400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 16th, minority 32th, housing 24th.

Is tract 17097863400 considered part of Skokie Junction?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17097863400 fall within Skokie Junction (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 17097863400 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.9% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17097863400 compare to Lake Forest overall?

Tract 17097863400 scores 1.5/10, lower than the parent city of Lake Forest at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lake Forest; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 17097863400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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