Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Ridgewood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Joliet
Tract 17197881202 ·
Will County, IL · pop 2,240 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 17197881202 covers part of the Ridgewood area of Joliet, IL, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,240. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 2/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%Stable renters 32%Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units701
Renter share53.5%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate13.3%
Median income$77,938
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Ridgewood
Moderate
Within parent city
64th percentile
#17 of 46 tracts In Joliet
Elevated
Within county
75th percentile
#44 of 172 tracts In Will County
Elevated
Within state
52th percentile
#1,560 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Joliet and the region
Centroid at 41.5384, -88.0318 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ridgewood scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Joliet
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
13.3% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,452 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Joliet
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Joliet
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Joliet
3.5
How Ridgewood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
87%Socioeconomic
43%Household composition
89%Racial/ethnic minority
39%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
0%Grade A
0%Grade B
18%Grade C
1%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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.
21.0%Housing insecurity
12.3%Utility-shutoff threat
24.7%Food insecurity
22.1%SNAP enrollment
11.7%Transit barriers
16.3%No health insurance
17.6%Frequent mental distress
31.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ridgewood
The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10.
It sits 0.9 points above the Will County average of 4.2. At $1,452 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of Joliet commands. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Joliet. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Joliet as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.5/10.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. 41% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $77,938. 54% 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 17197881202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197881202?
Census tract 17197881202 in the Ridgewood neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 17197881202?
Median gross rent is $1,452/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17197881202?
13.3% of residents in tract 17197881202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,240.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17197881202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 43th, minority 89th, housing 39th.
Q5
Is tract 17197881202 considered part of Ridgewood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17197881202 fall within Ridgewood (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 17197881202 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.0% 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. 12.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17197881202 compare to Joliet overall?
Tract 17197881202 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Joliet at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Joliet eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 17197881202 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 1% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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