Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 17163502800 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17163502800 · St. Clair County, IL · pop 2,508
Census tract 17163502800 sits in St. Clair, Illinois eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.9/10. That is riskier than about 72% of US census tracts.
40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $625 monthly, set against $26,343 in average yearly household income, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 79% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 47%
Owners 21%
Tract context
Occupied units800
Renter share79.0%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate49.0%
Median income$26,343
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
81
th percentile
High
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Clair County and the region
Centroid at 38.5681, -90.1079 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 17163502800 scores 5.5
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
49.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$625 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 17163502800 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%Housing & transportation
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.
- 36.7%Housing insecurity
- 29.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 49.9%Food insecurity
- 59.0%SNAP enrollment
- 25.0%Transit barriers
- 13.6%No health insurance
- 23.1%Frequent mental distress
- 45.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 17163502800
The heaviest input here is economic stress at $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 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 predominantly Black and ranks around the 97th 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 36.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 29.9% 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 17163502800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17163502800?
Census tract 17163502800 in St. Clair County scores 5.5/10 (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 17163502800?
Median gross rent is $625/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17163502800?
49.0% of residents in tract 17163502800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,508.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17163502800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 88th, minority 97th, housing 89th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17163502800 struggle to pay rent?
About 36.7% 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. 29.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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