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Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally

Crete Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17197883804 · Will County, IL · pop 2,448 · 46% of tract blocks fall in Crete

Tract 17197883804 sits in Crete, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. It is home to 2,448 residents. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 5% Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units940
Renter share7.4%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$67,031

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Crete
Elevated
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#24 of 172 tracts In Will County
High
Within state
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#1,346 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
National
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#28,095 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Crete and the region

Centroid at 41.4530, -87.6500 · click any tract to drill in

Why Crete scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Crete
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,661 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Crete
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Crete
2.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Crete
6.0

How Crete compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Crete risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.35.3This tracttract 883804Crete: 4.04.0Creteparent cityCounty: 4.24.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 31

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Crete

At $1,661 a month, rents run 27% over what the rest of Crete commands. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 7.5/10.

It sits 1.1 points above the Will County average of 4.2. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.8/10. around a third of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Will County average of 40.4%.

Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.9/10. On the national scale it lands near the 67th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.8/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $67,031.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 17197883804

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197883804?

Census tract 17197883804 in Crete scores 5.3/10 (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 17197883804?

Median gross rent is $1,661/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17197883804?

11.3% of residents in tract 17197883804 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,448.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17197883804?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 59th, minority 49th, housing 11th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 17197883804 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.5% 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 17197883804 compare to Crete overall?

Tract 17197883804 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Crete at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Crete; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Crete

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

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