Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally

Fairmont City Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17163502100 · St. Clair County, IL · pop 2,125 · 79% of tract blocks fall in Fairmont City

Census tract 17163502100 runs through Fairmont City. With 2,125 residents, it scores 4.7/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 29% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 15% of renter households, a modest level, and 2% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,012 monthly, set against $43,333 in average yearly household income, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 24% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.7

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 20% Owners 76%

Tract context

Occupied units880

Renter share23.9%

SVI overall0.73

Poverty rate27.6%

Median income$43,333

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Fairmont City and the region

Centroid at 38.6483, -90.1191 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fairmont City scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Fairmont City

5.9

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.4

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

27.6% poverty · this tract

6.9

Supply constraint

$1,012 rent vs county FMR

3.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Fairmont City

4.1

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Fairmont City

2.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Fairmont City

4.2

How Fairmont City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

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

72%Socioeconomic
82%Household composition
84%Racial/ethnic minority
42%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
0%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.

28.1%Housing insecurity
16.4%Utility-shutoff threat
37.8%Food insecurity
34.3%SNAP enrollment
17.1%Transit barriers
30.6%No health insurance
18.7%Frequent mental distress
40.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fairmont City

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 6.9/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Fairmont City, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the St. Clair County average of 5.5 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 34% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

In CDC survey modeling, about 28.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17163502100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17163502100?

Census tract 17163502100 in Fairmont City 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 average rent in tract 17163502100?

Median gross rent is $1,012/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17163502100?

27.6% of residents in tract 17163502100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,125.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17163502100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 82th, minority 84th, housing 42th.

What share of households in tract 17163502100 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.1% 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 17163502100 compare to Fairmont City overall?

Tract 17163502100 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Fairmont City at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fairmont City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 17163502100 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.