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Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

Walnut Trails Eviction Risk: Lower , Shorewood

Tract 17197883219 · Will County, IL · pop 3,510 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

17197883219 is a census tract in the Walnut Trails area of Shorewood, IL. It scores 3.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,510 residents. 68% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 4% Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,134
Renter share17.1%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$130,648

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Walnut Trails
Very Low
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Shorewood
Low
Within county
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#137 of 172 tracts In Will County
Low
Within state
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#2,708 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Shorewood and the region

Centroid at 41.5326, -88.2324 · click any tract to drill in

Why Walnut Trails scores 3.2

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
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$2,011 rent vs county FMR
6.4
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.
Walnut Trails risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.23.2This tracttract 883219Shorewood: 4.04.0Shorewoodparent cityCounty: 4.24.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 29

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Walnut Trails. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Walnut Trails

Cost burden runs 76% here against 40.4% across Will County. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10.

At $2,011 a month, rents run 36% over what the rest of Shorewood commands. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.5/10.

Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.1/10. Against the Will County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.

The voucher gap is 14.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 17% 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.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.9 points cooler.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

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 17197883219

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197883219?

Census tract 17197883219 in the Walnut Trails neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 average rent in tract 17197883219?

Median gross rent is $2,011/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17197883219?

5.8% of residents in tract 17197883219 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,510.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17197883219?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 28th, minority 42th, housing 77th.
Q5

Is tract 17197883219 considered part of Walnut Trails?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17197883219 fall within Walnut Trails (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 17197883219 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.5% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17197883219 compare to Shorewood overall?

Tract 17197883219 scores 3.2/10, lower than 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.

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