Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 17163502603 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17163502603 · St. Clair County, IL · pop 3,345
Census tract 17163502603 sits in St. Clair in St. Clair County, Illinois eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. That is riskier than about 69% of US census tracts.
About 72% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $984 monthly, set against $31,661 in average yearly household income, roughly 37% of income at the averages. Renters make up 38% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,199
Renter share37.9%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate24.5%
Median income$31,661
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
75
th percentile
Elevated
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Clair County and the region
Centroid at 38.5646, -90.1392 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 17163502603 scores 5.1
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
24.5% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$984 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 17163502603 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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
- 0%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.
- 31.1%Housing insecurity
- 24.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 41.3%Food insecurity
- 48.2%SNAP enrollment
- 20.4%Transit barriers
- 12.5%No health insurance
- 21.6%Frequent mental distress
- 41.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 17163502603
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 6.1/10. 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 31.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 24.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 82nd 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 17163502603
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17163502603?
Census tract 17163502603 in St. Clair County scores 5.1/10 (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 17163502603?
Median gross rent is $984/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17163502603?
24.5% of residents in tract 17163502603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,345.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17163502603?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 96th, minority 88th, housing 58th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17163502603 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.1% 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. 24.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
Was tract 17163502603 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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