Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Wonder Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17111870502 · McHenry County, IL · pop 4,356 · 38% of tract blocks fall in Wonder Lake
17111870502 is a census tract in Wonder Lake, IL. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,356 residents. Cost burden runs 14% here against 40.1% across McHenry County.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,817
Renter share14.5%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate14.9%
Median income$76,865
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wonder Lake and the region
Centroid at 42.3937, -88.3447 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wonder Lake scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wonder Lake
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
14.9% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,324 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wonder Lake
1.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wonder Lake
1.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wonder Lake
2.1
How Wonder Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%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.
- 12.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.9%Food insecurity
- 14.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.2%Transit barriers
- 9.7%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 31.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wonder Lake
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.4/10. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.9/10.
On the softer side, housing-court posture reads 2.1/10. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 15% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the McHenry County average of 4.3 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,324, close to the Wonder Lake average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $76,865.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17111870502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17111870502?
Census tract 17111870502 in Wonder Lake scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 17111870502?
Median gross rent is $1,324/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17111870502?
14.9% of residents in tract 17111870502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,356.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17111870502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 58th, minority 24th, housing 1th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17111870502 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.7% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17111870502 compare to Wonder Lake overall?
Tract 17111870502 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Wonder Lake at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wonder Lake; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wonder Lake
Top eight tracts in Wonder Lake ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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