Census Tract · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally

Tract 17163502500 Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17163502500 · St. Clair County, IL · pop 675

Tract 17163502500 covers St. Clair in Illinois. Home to 675 residents, it scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 69% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

61% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $643 a month while the average household earns $29,653 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 38% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.6

Moderate

Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 15% Owners 62%

Tract context

Occupied units285

Renter share38.2%

SVI overall0.93

Poverty rate26.3%

Median income$29,653

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across St. Clair County and the region

Centroid at 38.5858, -90.1165 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tract 17163502500 scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

State baseline

5.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.4

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

26.3% poverty · this tract

6.6

Supply constraint

$643 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

State baseline

5.2

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.0

Tenant organizing strength

State baseline

4.0

Housing court bias

State baseline

5.0

How Tract 17163502500 compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

89%Socioeconomic
93%Household composition
97%Racial/ethnic minority
72%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
27%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.

38.4%Housing insecurity
30.7%Utility-shutoff threat
51.8%Food insecurity
59.8%SNAP enrollment
25.6%Transit barriers
16.0%No health insurance
22.4%Frequent mental distress
47.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tract 17163502500

What moves this score most is economic stress at 6.6/10. 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 set by Illinois eviction laws law, 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 38.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 30.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 93rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17163502500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17163502500?

Census tract 17163502500 in St. Clair County scores 4.6/10 (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 17163502500?

Median gross rent is $643/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17163502500?

26.3% of residents in tract 17163502500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 675.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17163502500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 93th, minority 97th, housing 72th.

What share of households in tract 17163502500 struggle to pay rent?

About 38.4% 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. 30.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Was tract 17163502500 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. 27% 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.