Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Wauconda Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17097864208 · Lake County, IL · pop 4,074 · 78% of tract blocks fall in Wauconda
17097864208 is a census tract in Wauconda, IL. It scores 4/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,074. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,705
Renter share28.6%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$100,521
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wauconda and the region
Centroid at 42.2732, -88.1317 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wauconda scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wauconda
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,004 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wauconda
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wauconda
4.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wauconda
4.0
How Wauconda compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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.
- 9.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.6%Food insecurity
- 8.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 24.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wauconda
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.7/10. Average gross rent is $1,004, 27% below the Wauconda average.
Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. 48% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Lake County average of 42.6%.
Food insecurity runs 10.6% against 17.8% nationally. Nationally it ranks #48,956 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.6/10.
Rent consumes only 12% of average household income of $100,521, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Lake County average of 4.4 closely. 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097864208
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097864208?
Census tract 17097864208 in Wauconda scores 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 17097864208?
Median gross rent is $1,004/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097864208?
7.0% of residents in tract 17097864208 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,074.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097864208?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 17th, minority 21th, housing 10th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17097864208 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.6% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17097864208 compare to Wauconda overall?
Tract 17097864208 scores 4/10, right in line with the parent city of Wauconda at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wauconda; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wauconda
Top eight tracts in Wauconda ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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