Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Gilletts Eviction Risk: Lower , New Lenox
Tract 17197881105 · Will County, IL · pop 6,786 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Census tract 17197881105 covers part of the Gilletts area of New Lenox, IL, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. 21% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Will County average of 40.4%.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 98%
Tract context
Occupied units2,258
Renter share2.1%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$128,646
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Lenox and the region
Centroid at 41.5366, -87.9389 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gilletts scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from New Lenox
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from New Lenox
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New Lenox
2.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from New Lenox
4.2
How Gilletts compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%Housing & transportation
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.
- 7.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.4%Food insecurity
- 6.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 5.2%No health insurance
- 14.6%Frequent mental distress
- 22.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gilletts
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. 21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. It sits 1.2 points below the Will County average of 4.2.
Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.7/10. Food insecurity runs 7.4% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 6.3% against 15.2% nationally.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 2% 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 1.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.1 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17197881105
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197881105?
Census tract 17197881105 in the Gilletts neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 17197881105?
3.1% of residents in tract 17197881105 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,786.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 17197881105?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 42th, minority 23th, housing 7th.
Q4
Is tract 17197881105 considered part of Gilletts?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17197881105 fall within Gilletts (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q5
What share of households in tract 17197881105 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.2% 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 17197881105 compare to New Lenox overall?
Tract 17197881105 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of New Lenox at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New Lenox; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in New Lenox
Top eight tracts in New Lenox ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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