Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Washington Park Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17163502200 · St. Clair County, IL · pop 1,529
With a score of 5.7/10, tract 17163502200 in Washington Park, IL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,529. Severe burden reaches 62%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units373
Renter share7.0%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate39.2%
Median income$31,938
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Washington Park and the region
Centroid at 38.6327, -90.0889 · click any tract to drill in
Why Washington Park scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Washington Park
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
39.2% poverty · this tract
9.8
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Washington Park
3.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Washington Park
3.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Washington Park
6.6
How Washington Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 2%Grade B
- 61%Grade C
- 2%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.
- 33.0%Housing insecurity
- 25.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 43.9%Food insecurity
- 50.6%SNAP enrollment
- 20.9%Transit barriers
- 13.9%No health insurance
- 20.4%Frequent mental distress
- 43.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Washington Park
100% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the St. Clair County average of 44.8%. SNAP participation runs 50.6% against 15.2% nationally. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 9.8/10.
The poverty rate is 39%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 25.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. It sits 1.2 points above the St. Clair County average of 4.5.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 #21,564 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 7% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17163502200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17163502200?
Census tract 17163502200 in Washington Park scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the poverty rate in tract 17163502200?
39.2% of residents in tract 17163502200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,529.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 17163502200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 99th, minority 98th, housing 23th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 17163502200 struggle to pay rent?
About 33.0% 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. 25.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 17163502200 compare to Washington Park overall?
Tract 17163502200 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Washington Park at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Washington eviction laws Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q6
Was tract 17163502200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 2% 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 Washington Park
Top eight tracts in Washington Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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