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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Woodridge Eviction Risk: Lower , Highland Park

Tract 17097865802 · Lake County, IL · pop 2,933 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 17097865802 sits in the Woodridge eviction risk area of Highland Park, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 2,933 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 4% Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units958
Renter share4.4%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$250,001

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Woodridge
Moderate
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 9 tracts In Highland Park
Very Low
Within county
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#130 of 159 tracts In Lake County
Very Low
Within state
12 th percentile
Rank, 12th percentileLowHigh
#2,873 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Highland Park and the region

Centroid at 42.1615, -87.8212 · click any tract to drill in

Why Woodridge scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Highland Park
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,977 rent vs county FMR
6.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Highland Park
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Highland Park
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Highland Park
5.4

How Woodridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Woodridge risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.03.0This tracttract 865802Highland Park: 4.24.2Highland Parkparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 1

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

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Woodridge

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.3/10. It sits 1.4 points below the Lake County average of 4.4.

Housing insecurity runs 4.6% against 14.2% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.4% against 11.3% nationally. The voucher gap is 12.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Chicago. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 4% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $250,001, annual rent is just 9%. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.1 points cooler.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Average gross rent is $1,977, close to the Highland Park average.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 17097865802

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097865802?

Census tract 17097865802 in the Woodridge neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 17097865802?

Median gross rent is $1,977/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17097865802?

3.7% of residents in tract 17097865802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,933.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17097865802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 11th, minority 17th, housing 8th.
Q5

Is tract 17097865802 considered part of Woodridge?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17097865802 fall within Woodridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 17097865802 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.6% 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. 3.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17097865802 compare to Highland Park overall?

Tract 17097865802 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Highland Park at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Highland Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 17097865802 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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