Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 17163502700 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17163502700 · St. Clair County, IL · pop 734
St. Clair in St. Clair County anchors census tract 17163502700, which lands at 6.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 78% of US census tracts.
About 70% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 65% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $857 a month while the average household earns $40,125 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units294
Renter share29.9%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate34.4%
Median income$40,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Clair County and the region
Centroid at 38.5795, -90.1273 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 17163502700 scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
34.4% poverty · this tract
8.6
Supply constraint
$857 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
State baseline
5.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 17163502700 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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
- 59%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
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.
- 28.6%Housing insecurity
- 22.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.1%Food insecurity
- 42.0%SNAP enrollment
- 18.5%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 19.9%Frequent mental distress
- 39.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 17163502700
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 8.6/10. 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 set by Illinois eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the St. Clair County average of 5.5 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 69th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 28.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 22.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 17163502700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17163502700?
Census tract 17163502700 in St. Clair County scores 4.7/10 (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 17163502700?
Median gross rent is $857/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17163502700?
34.4% of residents in tract 17163502700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 734.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17163502700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 74th, minority 98th, housing 26th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17163502700 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.6% 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. 22.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
Was tract 17163502700 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. 59% 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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