Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Lockport Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17197880502 · Will County, IL · pop 4,923 · 47% of tract blocks fall in Lockport
17197880502 is a census tract in Lockport, IL. It scores 3.9/10 for landlords. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.1/10.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,793
Renter share13.3%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$99,570
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lockport and the region
Centroid at 41.6186, -88.0399 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lockport scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lockport
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,673 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lockport
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lockport
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lockport
4.7
How Lockport compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 11%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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.0%Food insecurity
- 8.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 24.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lockport
Cost burden runs around a third here against 40.4% across Will County. Food insecurity runs 10.0% against 17.8% nationally.
At $1,673 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Lockport commands. Nationally it ranks #50,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 13% 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 2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler.
Of its three components the housing type and transport 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.
It tracks the Will County average of 4.2 closely. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $99,570.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17197880502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197880502?
Census tract 17197880502 in Lockport scores 3.9/10 (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 17197880502?
Median gross rent is $1,673/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17197880502?
4.2% of residents in tract 17197880502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,923.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17197880502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 21th, minority 13th, housing 11th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17197880502 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17197880502 compare to Lockport overall?
Tract 17197880502 scores 3.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Lockport at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lockport; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lockport
Top eight tracts in Lockport ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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