Neighborhood · Ranked #5,690 of 84,120 nationally

Southtown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Peoria

Tract 17143000900 · Peoria County, IL · pop 2,452 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 5.6/10, tract 17143000900 in the Southtown area of Peoria ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,452 residents. That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 47% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $795 a month while the average household earns $16,191 a year, roughly 59% of income at the averages. Renters make up 97% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.8

Elevated

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 46% Stable renters 52% Owners 2%

Tract context

Occupied units1,324

Renter share97.3%

SVI overall0.98

Poverty rate50.6%

Median income$16,191

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Peoria and the region

Centroid at 40.6888, -89.6018 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southtown scores 6.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Peoria

4.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.3

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

50.6% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$795 rent vs county FMR

2.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Peoria

2.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Peoria

3.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Peoria

3.5

How Southtown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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

93%Socioeconomic
98%Household composition
80%Racial/ethnic minority
90%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
1%Grade B
4%Grade C
50%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.

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.

37.5%Housing insecurity
32.6%Utility-shutoff threat
54.8%Food insecurity
66.2%SNAP enrollment
28.5%Transit barriers
16.4%No health insurance
25.2%Frequent mental distress
51.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Southtown

The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Peoria eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Peoria County average of 5.0 and in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 37.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 32.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 98th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17143000900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17143000900?

Census tract 17143000900 in the Southtown neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (Elevated 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 17143000900?

Median gross rent is $795/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17143000900?

50.6% of residents in tract 17143000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,452.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17143000900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 98th, minority 80th, housing 90th.

Is tract 17143000900 considered part of Southtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17143000900 fall within Southtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 17143000900 struggle to pay rent?

About 37.5% 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. 32.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17143000900 compare to Peoria overall?

Tract 17143000900 scores 6.8/10, higher than the parent city of Peoria at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Peoria eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 17143000900 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 50% 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.

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