Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #25,210 of 84,120 nationally
Skokie Junction Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lake Forest
Tract 17097863400 · Lake County, IL · pop 4,353 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
Census tract 17097863400 sits in the Skokie Junction neighborhood of Lake Forest, Illinois. It has a population of 4,353 and an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10 (Moderate tier). 50% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 4% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $2,625/month against a median household income of $245,114 — roughly 13% rent-to-income at the medians.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
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.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
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 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
Frequently asked
About tract 17097863400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097863400?
Census tract 17097863400 in the Skokie Junction neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 17097863400?
Median gross rent is $2,625/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
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.
Q4
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.
Q5
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).
Q6
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.
Q7
How does tract 17097863400 compare to Lake Forest overall?
Tract 17097863400 scores 5.8/10 — higher than the parent city of Lake Forest at 5.1/10. 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.
Q8
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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lake Forest
Top eight tracts in Lake Forest ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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