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Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally

Crystal Lake Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 17111871208 · McHenry County, IL · pop 3,878 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Crystal Lake

Census tract 17111871208 covers part of Crystal Lake, IL, and scores 3.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,878. 21% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the McHenry County average of 40.1%.

Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 6% Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,372
Renter share8.2%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate0.2%
Median income$120,486

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 9 tracts In Crystal Lake
Low
Within county
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#45 of 64 tracts In McHenry County
Low
Within state
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#2,496 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Low
National
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#57,812 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Crystal Lake and the region

Centroid at 42.1953, -88.3466 · click any tract to drill in

Why Crystal Lake scores 3.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Crystal Lake
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
0.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,734 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Crystal Lake
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Crystal Lake
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Crystal Lake
5.0

How Crystal Lake compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Crystal Lake risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.53.5This tracttract 871208Crystal Lake: 4.24.2Crystal Lakeparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 8

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Crystal Lake

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. At $1,734 a month, rents run 18% over what the rest of Crystal Lake commands. Food insecurity runs 8.0% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 6.2% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 0.8 points below the McHenry County average of 4.3.

That is riskier than roughly 31% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 8% 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 1.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Against average income of $120,486, annual rent is just 17%. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.6 points cooler.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 0%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 17111871208

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17111871208?

Census tract 17111871208 in Crystal Lake scores 3.5/10 (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 17111871208?

Median gross rent is $1,734/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17111871208?

0.2% of residents in tract 17111871208 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,878.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17111871208?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 25th, minority 20th, housing 14th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 17111871208 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.6% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 17111871208 compare to Crystal Lake overall?

Tract 17111871208 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Crystal Lake at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Crystal Lake eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Crystal Lake

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

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