Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Joliet Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17197882601 ·
Will County, IL · pop 3,459
17197882601 is a census tract in Joliet, IL. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,459. Cost burden runs 53% here against 40.4% across Will County.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%Stable renters 11%Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,121
Renter share23.3%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$70,031
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
56th percentile
#21 of 46 tracts In Joliet
Elevated
Within county
69th percentile
#54 of 172 tracts In Will County
Elevated
Within state
48th percentile
#1,685 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Moderate
National
58th percentile
#35,669 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Joliet and the region
Centroid at 41.5170, -88.1082 · click any tract to drill in
Why Joliet scores 4.8
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
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,249 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
78%Socioeconomic
76%Household composition
72%Racial/ethnic minority
60%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
0%Grade A
82%Grade B
18%Grade C
0%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.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
17.5%Housing insecurity
9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
20.3%Food insecurity
17.0%SNAP enrollment
10.0%Transit barriers
16.3%No health insurance
18.3%Frequent mental distress
30.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Joliet
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 2/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.1/10.
This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 23% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Will County average of 4.2 closely. Average gross rent is $1,249, close to the Joliet average.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $70,031.
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 17197882601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197882601?
Census tract 17197882601 in Joliet 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 17197882601?
Median gross rent is $1,249/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17197882601?
7.9% of residents in tract 17197882601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,459.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17197882601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 76th, minority 72th, housing 60th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17197882601 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.5% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17197882601 compare to Joliet overall?
Tract 17197882601 scores 4.8/10, 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.
Q7
Was tract 17197882601 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Joliet
Top eight tracts in Joliet ranked by composite eviction-risk score.