Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 17163502900 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17163502900 · St. Clair County, IL · pop 1,531
Eviction risk in St. Clair centers on tract 17163502900, which scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 1,531 residents. That is riskier than about 72% of US census tracts.
About 51% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 42% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,072 a month against an average household income of $38,333 a year, roughly 34% of income at the averages. Renters make up 43% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units600
Renter share43.3%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate27.2%
Median income$38,333
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
71
th percentile
Elevated
National
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Clair County and the region
Centroid at 38.5865, -90.0892 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 17163502900 scores 4.9
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
27.2% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$1,072 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 17163502900 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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
- 21%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.
- 28.4%Housing insecurity
- 21.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 38.3%Food insecurity
- 42.9%SNAP enrollment
- 18.0%Transit barriers
- 12.3%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 42.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 17163502900
The heaviest input here is economic stress at 6.8/10. 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 28.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 21.1% 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 17163502900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17163502900?
Census tract 17163502900 in St. Clair County scores 4.9/10 (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 17163502900?
Median gross rent is $1,072/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17163502900?
27.2% of residents in tract 17163502900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,531.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17163502900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 28th, minority 94th, housing 46th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17163502900 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.4% 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. 21.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
Was tract 17163502900 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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