Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
New Athens Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17163504001 · St. Clair County, IL · pop 5,320 · 34% of tract blocks fall in New Athens
Census tract 17163504001 covers part of New Athens, IL, and scores 3.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,320 residents. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8.6/10.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units2,066
Renter share10.0%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate6.4%
Median income$83,269
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Athens and the region
Centroid at 38.3558, -89.9241 · click any tract to drill in
Why New Athens scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from New Athens
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
6.4% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$981 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from New Athens
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New Athens
4.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from New Athens
6.8
How New Athens compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.8%Food insecurity
- 9.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 27.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in New Athens
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.6/10. Cost burden runs 55% here against 44.8% across St. Clair County.
The severe-burden share is 14%, 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 1.3 points.
Food insecurity runs 9.8% against 17.8% nationally. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 3.1/10.
Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 10% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.1/10. Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $83,269, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.9 points cooler.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
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 17163504001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17163504001?
Census tract 17163504001 in New Athens scores 3.2/10 (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 17163504001?
Median gross rent is $981/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17163504001?
6.4% of residents in tract 17163504001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,320.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17163504001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 22th, minority 7th, housing 51th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17163504001 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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 17163504001 compare to New Athens overall?
Tract 17163504001 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of New Athens at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New Athens; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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