Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Smithton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17163503906 · St. Clair County, IL · pop 5,599 · 29% of tract blocks fall in Smithton
Eviction risk in Smithton centers on tract 17163503906, which scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 5,599 residents. It lands near the 69th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 83% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 60% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $913 a month against an average household income of $98,152 a year, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 19% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units2,050
Renter share18.6%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$98,152
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Smithton and the region
Centroid at 38.4103, -89.9746 · click any tract to drill in
Why Smithton scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Smithton
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$913 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Smithton
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Smithton
3.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Smithton
6.1
How Smithton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%Housing & transportation
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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.6%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 28.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Smithton
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 9.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Smithton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 39th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17163503906
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17163503906?
Census tract 17163503906 in Smithton scores 2.4/10 (Lower 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 17163503906?
Median gross rent is $913/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 83% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17163503906?
10.0% of residents in tract 17163503906 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,599.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17163503906?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 29th, minority 9th, housing 56th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17163503906 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17163503906 compare to Smithton overall?
Tract 17163503906 scores 2.4/10, lower than the parent city of Smithton at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Smithton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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