Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Swansea Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17163503322 · St. Clair County, IL · pop 6,718 · 51% of tract blocks fall in Swansea
17163503322 is a census tract in Swansea, IL. It scores 3.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,718 residents. Against St. Clair County at 44.8%, about a quarter of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units2,606
Renter share15.7%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$78,229
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Swansea and the region
Centroid at 38.5586, -90.0064 · click any tract to drill in
Why Swansea scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Swansea
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,160 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Swansea
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Swansea
5.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Swansea
4.2
How Swansea compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.2%Food insecurity
- 10.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 27.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Swansea
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 2.5/10. The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Against the St. Clair County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. On the national scale it lands near the 33rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 16% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.4/10. Against average income of $78,229, annual rent is just 18%.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.5 points cooler. Average gross rent is $1,160, close to the Swansea average.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17163503322
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17163503322?
Census tract 17163503322 in Swansea scores 3.6/10 (Lower 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 17163503322?
Median gross rent is $1,160/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17163503322?
9.8% of residents in tract 17163503322 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,718.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17163503322?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 66th, minority 39th, housing 70th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17163503322 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17163503322 compare to Swansea overall?
Tract 17163503322 scores 3.6/10, lower than the parent city of Swansea at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Swansea; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Swansea
Top eight tracts in Swansea ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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