Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Swansea Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17163503301 · St. Clair County, IL · pop 3,429 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Swansea
Census tract 17163503301 covers part of Swansea, IL, and scores 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 31%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,717
Renter share44.2%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate12.7%
Median income$55,785
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Swansea and the region
Centroid at 38.5308, -89.9892 · click any tract to drill in
Why Swansea scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Swansea
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
12.7% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$981 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Swansea
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Swansea
5.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Swansea
4.2
How Swansea compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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.
- 14.3%Housing insecurity
- 9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.2%Food insecurity
- 17.5%SNAP enrollment
- 9.1%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 30.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Swansea
Against St. Clair County at 44.8%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 3.1/10.
At $981 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Swansea commands. On the national scale it lands near the 51st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the St. Clair County average of 4.5 closely. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $55,785.
44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17163503301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17163503301?
Census tract 17163503301 in Swansea scores 4.5/10 (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 17163503301?
Median gross rent is $981/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17163503301?
12.7% of residents in tract 17163503301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,429.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17163503301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 20th, minority 48th, housing 80th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17163503301 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.3% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17163503301 compare to Swansea overall?
Tract 17163503301 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Swansea at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Swansea; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Swansea
Top eight tracts in Swansea ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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