Census Tract · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally

Waukegan Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17097866100 · Lake County, IL · pop 3,672

How risky is Waukegan in Lake County for landlords? Census tract 17097866100 scores 5.1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 43% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 35% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,126 a month while the average household earns $56,086 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 65% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.6

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 42% Owners 35%

Tract context

Occupied units1,159

Renter share65.1%

SVI overall0.97

Poverty rate28.4%

Median income$56,086

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Waukegan and the region

Centroid at 42.3824, -87.8531 · click any tract to drill in

Why Waukegan scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Waukegan

5.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.2

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

28.4% poverty · this tract

7.1

Supply constraint

$1,126 rent vs county FMR

1.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Waukegan

2.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

4.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Waukegan

4.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Waukegan

4.0

How Waukegan compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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

94%Socioeconomic
88%Household composition
92%Racial/ethnic minority
92%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.

32.2%Housing insecurity
19.6%Utility-shutoff threat
43.2%Food insecurity
40.0%SNAP enrollment
19.5%Transit barriers
29.2%No health insurance
19.1%Frequent mental distress
39.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Waukegan

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 7.1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Waukegan eviction risk, 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 below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 97th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 32.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 19.6% 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 17097866100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097866100?

Census tract 17097866100 in Waukegan scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 17097866100?

Median gross rent is $1,126/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17097866100?

28.4% of residents in tract 17097866100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,672.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17097866100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 88th, minority 92th, housing 92th.

What share of households in tract 17097866100 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.2% 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. 19.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17097866100 compare to Waukegan overall?

Tract 17097866100 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Waukegan at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Waukegan eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Waukegan

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