Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Walnut Trails Eviction Risk: Lower , Shorewood
Tract 17197883213 ·
Will County, IL · pop 5,428 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 17197883213 covers part of the Walnut Trails area of Shorewood, IL, and scores 3.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%Stable renters 1%Owners 99%
Tract context
Occupied units2,480
Renter share1.0%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate1.3%
Median income$94,355
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#2 of 3 tracts In Walnut Trails
Moderate
Within parent city
67th percentile
#2 of 4 tracts In Shorewood
Elevated
Within county
50th percentile
#87 of 172 tracts In Will County
Moderate
Within state
32th percentile
#2,213 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Shorewood and the region
Centroid at 41.5135, -88.2241 · click any tract to drill in
Why Walnut Trails scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Shorewood
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
1.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Shorewood
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Shorewood
2.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Shorewood
6.4
How Walnut Trails compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
4%Socioeconomic
9%Household composition
35%Racial/ethnic minority
10%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Walnut Trails. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
7.2%Housing insecurity
4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
8.1%Food insecurity
6.8%SNAP enrollment
4.7%Transit barriers
6.3%No health insurance
13.8%Frequent mental distress
26.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Walnut Trails
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.1/10.
Food insecurity runs 8.1% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 6.8% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 1% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.3/10.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 1%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. It tracks the Will County average of 4.2 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17197883213
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197883213?
Census tract 17197883213 in the Walnut Trails neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (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 17197883213?
1.3% of residents in tract 17197883213 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,428.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 17197883213?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 9th, minority 35th, housing 10th.
Q4
Is tract 17197883213 considered part of Walnut Trails?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17197883213 fall within Walnut Trails (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q5
What share of households in tract 17197883213 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17197883213 compare to Shorewood overall?
Tract 17197883213 scores 3.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Shorewood at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Shorewood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Shorewood
Top eight tracts in Shorewood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.