Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

East St. Louis Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17163504501 · St. Clair County, IL · pop 2,357 · 87% of tract blocks fall in East St. Louis

Tract 17163504501 sits in East St. Louis, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. It is home to 2,357 residents. SNAP participation runs 49.2% against 15.2% nationally.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 39% Owners 31%

Tract context

Occupied units1,201

Renter share69.3%

SVI overall0.89

Poverty rate26.6%

Median income$20,168

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across East St. Louis and the region

Centroid at 38.5939, -90.1452 · click any tract to drill in

Why East St. Louis scores 5.4

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

26.6% poverty · this tract

6.6

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: 89

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

82%Socioeconomic
70%Household composition
98%Racial/ethnic minority
87%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
1%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.

31.9%Housing insecurity
24.7%Utility-shutoff threat
42.5%Food insecurity
49.2%SNAP enrollment
20.4%Transit barriers
12.5%No health insurance
20.4%Frequent mental distress
42.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East St. Louis

This is renter territory: 69% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 24.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the St. Clair County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.

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. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. 43% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17163504501

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17163504501?

Census tract 17163504501 in East St. Louis 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 poverty rate in tract 17163504501?

26.6% of residents in tract 17163504501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,357.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17163504501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 70th, minority 98th, housing 87th.

What share of households in tract 17163504501 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.9% 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. 24.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17163504501 compare to East St. Louis overall?

Tract 17163504501 scores 5.4/10, 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 17163504501 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in East St. Louis

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