Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally

Joliet Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17197881604 · Will County, IL · pop 2,539 · 64% of tract blocks fall in Joliet

Tract 17197881604 sits in Joliet eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.5/10. Population here is 2,539. The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

4.5

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 24% Owners 55%

Tract context

Occupied units1,165

Renter share45.3%

SVI overall0.57

Poverty rate6.1%

Median income$72,055

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Joliet and the region

Centroid at 41.5477, -88.1338 · click any tract to drill in

Why Joliet scores 4.5

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

6.1% poverty · this tract

1.5

Supply constraint

$1,418 rent vs county FMR

3.1

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 Joliet compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 57

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

55%Socioeconomic
69%Household composition
76%Racial/ethnic minority
33%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.

16.1%Housing insecurity
9.4%Utility-shutoff threat
17.5%Food insecurity
15.3%SNAP enrollment
9.0%Transit barriers
10.9%No health insurance
17.3%Frequent mental distress
26.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Joliet

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

47% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Will County average of 40.4%. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10.

Average gross rent is $1,418, 11% above the Joliet average. Nationally it ranks #41,206 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.1/10.

It tracks the Will County average of 4.2 closely. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $72,055.

45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 17197881604

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197881604?

Census tract 17197881604 in Joliet scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 17197881604?

Median gross rent is $1,418/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17197881604?

6.1% of residents in tract 17197881604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,539.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17197881604?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 69th, minority 76th, housing 33th.

What share of households in tract 17197881604 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.1% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17197881604 compare to Joliet overall?

Tract 17197881604 scores 4.5/10, 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Joliet

Top eight tracts in Joliet ranked by composite eviction-risk score.