Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 17163502602 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17163502602 · St. Clair County, IL · pop 4,974
Census tract 17163502602 belongs to St. Clair, Illinois. It is home to 4,974 residents and scores $1/10, an elevated reading for landlords. It lands near the 75th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
56% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,139 monthly, set against $41,543 in average yearly household income, roughly 33% of income at the averages. Renters make up 43% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,644
Renter share43.0%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate29.5%
Median income$41,543
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
78
th percentile
High
National
75
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Clair County and the region
Centroid at 38.5556, -90.1803 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 17163502602 scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
29.5% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$1,139 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 17163502602 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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
- 0%Grade B
- 8%Grade C
- 0%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.
- 30.0%Housing insecurity
- 23.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 39.2%Food insecurity
- 45.2%SNAP enrollment
- 19.5%Transit barriers
- 12.7%No health insurance
- 21.7%Frequent mental distress
- 41.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 17163502602
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 7.4/10. 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 above 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.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 95th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 30.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 23.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 17163502602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17163502602?
Census tract 17163502602 in St. Clair County scores 5.3/10 (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 17163502602?
Median gross rent is $1,139/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17163502602?
29.5% of residents in tract 17163502602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,974.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17163502602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 81th, minority 81th, housing 92th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17163502602 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.0% 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. 23.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
Was tract 17163502602 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. 0% 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.
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