Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Vinegar Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Springfield

Tract 17167000900 · Sangamon County, IL · pop 2,091 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

17167000900 is a census tract in the Vinegar Hill area of Springfield, IL. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,091. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.9/10.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 24% Owners 48%

Tract context

Occupied units1,097

Renter share52.1%

SVI overall0.63

Poverty rate39.4%

Median income$30,340

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Springfield and the region

Centroid at 39.8116, -89.6450 · click any tract to drill in

Why Vinegar Hill scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Springfield

5.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.8

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

39.4% poverty · this tract

9.9

Supply constraint

$285 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Springfield

2.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

4.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Springfield

4.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Springfield

4.0

How Vinegar Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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

72%Socioeconomic
24%Household composition
47%Racial/ethnic minority
70%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
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
87%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Vinegar Hill. 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.

25.3%Housing insecurity
20.5%Utility-shutoff threat
34.4%Food insecurity
41.2%SNAP enrollment
17.5%Transit barriers
12.2%No health insurance
21.5%Frequent mental distress
40.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Vinegar Hill

At $285 a month, rents run 71% under what the rest of Springfield commands. Cost burden runs 53% here against 38.5% across Sangamon County. The poverty rate is 39%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. Food insecurity runs 34.4% against 17.8% nationally.

Housing insecurity runs 25.3% against 14.2% nationally. Against the Sangamon County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points.

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Springfield. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 17167000900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17167000900?

Census tract 17167000900 in the Vinegar Hill neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 17167000900?

Median gross rent is $285/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17167000900?

39.4% of residents in tract 17167000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,091.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17167000900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 24th, minority 47th, housing 70th.

Is tract 17167000900 considered part of Vinegar Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17167000900 fall within Vinegar Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 17167000900 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.3% 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. 20.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17167000900 compare to Springfield overall?

Tract 17167000900 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Springfield at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Springfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 17167000900 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. 87% 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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