Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #79,998 of 84,120 nationally
Wadsworth Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17097866000 · Lake County, IL · pop 6,807 · 38% of tract blocks fall in Wadsworth
Wadsworth anchors census tract 17097866000, which lands at 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #56,981 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
43% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,417 a month while the average household earns $119,250 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 5% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.4
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units2,431
Renter share5.4%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate4.0%
Median income$119,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
10
th percentile
Very Low
National
5
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wadsworth and the region
Centroid at 42.4562, -87.9443 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wadsworth scores 1.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wadsworth
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
4.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,417 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wadsworth
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wadsworth
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wadsworth
3.5
How Wadsworth compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.9%Food insecurity
- 8.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 13.4%Frequent mental distress
- 23.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wadsworth
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 4.4/10. 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 Wadsworth, 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 White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 30th 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 9.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.5% 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 17097866000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097866000?
Census tract 17097866000 in Wadsworth scores 1.4/10 (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 17097866000?
Median gross rent is $1,417/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097866000?
4.0% of residents in tract 17097866000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,807.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097866000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 66th, minority 61th, housing 8th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17097866000 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17097866000 compare to Wadsworth overall?
Tract 17097866000 scores 1.4/10, lower than the parent city of Wadsworth at 4.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wadsworth; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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