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The Orchards Eviction Risk: Lower , Lake Zurich

Tract 17097864411 · Lake County, IL · pop 5,318 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

The The Orchards neighborhood of Lake Zurich anchors census tract 17097864411, which lands at 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 54% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $219,444 a year. About 5% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 2% Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,656
Renter share4.6%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate0.7%
Median income$219,444

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In The Orchards
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In Lake Zurich
Moderate
Within county
5 th percentile
Rank, 5th percentileLowHigh
#151 of 159 tracts In Lake County
Very Low
Within state
4 th percentile
Rank, 4th percentileLowHigh
#3,130 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lake Zurich and the region

Centroid at 42.1709, -88.1087 · click any tract to drill in

Why The Orchards scores 1.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lake Zurich
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
0.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lake Zurich
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lake Zurich
4.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lake Zurich
3.9

How The Orchards compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
The Orchards risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.11.1This tracttract 864411Lake Zurich: 4.24.2Lake Zurichparent cityCounty: 2.42.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 1

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in The Orchards

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 5.5/10. 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 Zurich, 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 4.8% 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 17097864411

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097864411?

Census tract 17097864411 in the The Orchards neighborhood scores 1.1/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 17097864411?

0.7% of residents in tract 17097864411 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,318.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 17097864411?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 9th, minority 18th, housing 2th.
Q4

Is tract 17097864411 considered part of The Orchards?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17097864411 fall within The Orchards (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q5

What share of households in tract 17097864411 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.8% 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 17097864411 compare to Lake Zurich overall?

Tract 17097864411 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Lake Zurich at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lake Zurich; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lake Zurich

Top eight tracts in Lake Zurich ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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