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Census Tract · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

Belleville Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 17163501602 · St. Clair County, IL · pop 4,240 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Belleville

17163501602 is a census tract in Belleville, IL. It scores 6/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,240. Cost burden runs 62% here against 44.8% across St. Clair County.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 17% Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,730
Renter share44.2%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate23.3%
Median income$49,009

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 16 tracts In Belleville
High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 68 tracts In St. Clair County
Very High
Within state
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#851 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
National
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#18,163 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Belleville and the region

Centroid at 38.5339, -90.0120 · click any tract to drill in

Why Belleville scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Belleville
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
23.3% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$808 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Belleville
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Belleville
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Belleville
6.5

How Belleville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Belleville risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 5016024.6Bellevilleparent city4.5Countyavg tract in county5.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Belleville

The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.7/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.

It sits 1.5 points above the St. Clair County average of 4.5. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. At $808 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Belleville commands.

SNAP participation runs 23.9% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 7.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $49,009.

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 17163501602

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17163501602?

Census tract 17163501602 in Belleville scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 17163501602?

Median gross rent is $808/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17163501602?

23.3% of residents in tract 17163501602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,240.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17163501602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 66th, minority 63th, housing 82th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 17163501602 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.9% 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. 12.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 17163501602 compare to Belleville overall?

Tract 17163501602 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Belleville at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Belleville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Belleville

Top eight tracts in Belleville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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