Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Lockport Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17197880601 · Will County, IL · pop 2,893 · 91% of tract blocks fall in Lockport
17197880601 is a census tract in Lockport, IL. It scores 3.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,893 residents. 10% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Will County average of 40.4%.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,147
Renter share8.0%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate8.7%
Median income$114,779
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
51
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 41.5890, -88.0358 · 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
8.7% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,485 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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.
- 9.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.4%Food insecurity
- 9.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 26.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lockport
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 2.2/10. Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 10.4% against 17.8% nationally.
Nationally it ranks #50,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 8% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.1/10.
Against average income of $114,779, annual rent is just 16%. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Will County average of 4.2 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,485, close to the Lockport average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17197880601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197880601?
Census tract 17197880601 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 17197880601?
Median gross rent is $1,485/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 10% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17197880601?
8.7% of residents in tract 17197880601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,893.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17197880601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 13th, minority 25th, housing 35th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17197880601 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.1% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17197880601 compare to Lockport overall?
Tract 17197880601 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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