Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Smithton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17163503906 · St. Clair County, IL · pop 5,599 · 29% of tract blocks fall in Smithton
Census tract 17163503906 covers part of Smithton, IL, and scores 3.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,599 residents. 60% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units2,050
Renter share18.6%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$98,152
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
14
th percentile
Very Low
National
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Smithton and the region
Centroid at 38.4103, -89.9746 · click any tract to drill in
Why Smithton scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Smithton
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$913 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Smithton
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Smithton
3.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Smithton
6.1
How Smithton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.6%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 28.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Smithton
Cost burden runs 83% here against 44.8% across St. Clair County. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10. Against the St. Clair County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.5/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.5/10.
Food insecurity runs 9.6% against 17.8% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 19% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.5/10. Against average income of $98,152, annual rent is just 11%.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.0 points cooler. Average gross rent is $913, close to the Smithton average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17163503906
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17163503906?
Census tract 17163503906 in Smithton scores 3.1/10 (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 17163503906?
Median gross rent is $913/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 83% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17163503906?
10.0% of residents in tract 17163503906 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,599.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17163503906?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 29th, minority 9th, housing 56th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17163503906 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17163503906 compare to Smithton overall?
Tract 17163503906 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Smithton at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Smithton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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