Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Tower Lake Eviction Risk: Lower , Lake Barrington
Tract 17097864305 · Lake County, IL · pop 3,917 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 17097864305 sits in the Tower Lake area of Lake Barrington, Illinois eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. That is riskier than about 32% of US census tracts.
About 14% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,722 a month against an average household income of $129,781 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 3% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 98%
Tract context
Occupied units1,733
Renter share2.5%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$129,781
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lake Barrington and the region
Centroid at 42.2208, -88.1370 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tower Lake scores 1.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lake Barrington
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,722 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lake Barrington
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lake Barrington
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lake Barrington
6.6
How Tower Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%Housing & transportation
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.
- 5.0%Housing insecurity
- 3.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.9%Food insecurity
- 4.9%SNAP enrollment
- 3.6%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 10.8%Frequent mental distress
- 24.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tower Lake
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.6/10. 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 Barrington, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Lake County average of 5.3 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097864305
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097864305?
Census tract 17097864305 in the Tower Lake neighborhood scores 1.6/10 (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 17097864305?
Median gross rent is $1,722/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097864305?
8.5% of residents in tract 17097864305 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,917.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097864305?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 37th, minority 23th, housing 1th.
Q5
Is tract 17097864305 considered part of Tower Lake?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17097864305 fall within Tower Lake (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 17097864305 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.0% 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. 3.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17097864305 compare to Lake Barrington overall?
Tract 17097864305 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of Lake Barrington at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lake Barrington; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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