Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Lockport Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17197880602 · Will County, IL · pop 3,498 · 85% of tract blocks fall in Lockport
Census tract 17197880602 covers part of Lockport, IL, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,498 residents. 25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,562
Renter share35.0%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$86,111
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lockport and the region
Centroid at 41.5905, -88.0546 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lockport scores 4.8
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
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,154 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.7%Food insecurity
- 10.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 26.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lockport
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.6/10. At $1,154 a month, rents run 24% under what the rest of Lockport commands.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.5/10. Against Will County at 40.4%, 47% of renters here are cost-burdened. That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.5/10. Against average income of $86,111, annual rent is just 16%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Will County average of 4.2 closely. 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17197880602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197880602?
Census tract 17197880602 in Lockport 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 17197880602?
Median gross rent is $1,154/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17197880602?
9.9% of residents in tract 17197880602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,498.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17197880602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 11th, minority 13th, housing 7th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17197880602 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17197880602 compare to Lockport overall?
Tract 17197880602 scores 4.8/10, higher than 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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