Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally

East St. Louis Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17163501100 · St. Clair County, IL · pop 775

Census tract 17163501100 covers part of East St. Louis, IL, and scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 61% here against 44.8% across St. Clair County.

Risk score

4.7

Moderate

Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 7% Owners 82%

Tract context

Occupied units419

Renter share18.4%

SVI overall0.47

Poverty rate13.8%

Median income$40,334

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across East St. Louis and the region

Centroid at 38.6024, -90.1353 · click any tract to drill in

Why East St. Louis scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from East St. Louis

5.9

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.4

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

13.8% poverty · this tract

3.4

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from East St. Louis

4.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

4.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from East St. Louis

3.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from East St. Louis

4.5

How East St. Louis compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 47

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

45%Socioeconomic
59%Household composition
100%Racial/ethnic minority
20%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
31%Grade C
34%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.

24.6%Housing insecurity
16.4%Utility-shutoff threat
30.1%Food insecurity
30.8%SNAP enrollment
14.2%Transit barriers
10.4%No health insurance
17.7%Frequent mental distress
35.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East St. Louis

25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. SNAP participation runs 30.8% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 30.1% against 17.8% nationally.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for East St. Louis. 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 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.2/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the St. Clair County average of 4.5 closely.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17163501100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17163501100?

Census tract 17163501100 in East St. Louis 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.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17163501100?

13.8% of residents in tract 17163501100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 775.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17163501100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 59th, minority 100th, housing 20th.

What share of households in tract 17163501100 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.6% 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. 16.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17163501100 compare to East St. Louis overall?

Tract 17163501100 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of East St. Louis at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East St. Louis; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 17163501100 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. 34% 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in East St. Louis

Top eight tracts in East St. Louis ranked by composite eviction-risk score.