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South Town Eviction Risk: Moderate , Springfield

Tract 17167001800 · Sangamon County, IL · pop 1,958 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 17167001800 (the South Town neighborhood of Springfield, Illinois) comes in at $1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 39% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 36% of renter households, a high level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $941 a month while the average household earns $56,349 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 60% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.1

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 39% Owners 40%

Tract context

Occupied units965

Renter share60.0%

SVI overall0.78

Poverty rate25.6%

Median income$56,349

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Springfield and the region

Centroid at 39.7858, -89.6479 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Town scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Springfield

5.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.8

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

25.6% poverty · this tract

6.4

Supply constraint

$941 rent vs county FMR

3.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Springfield

2.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

4.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Springfield

4.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Springfield

4.0

How South Town compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

59%Socioeconomic
79%Household composition
67%Racial/ethnic minority
84%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
58%Grade B
19%Grade C
23%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

Within South Town. 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.

16.8%Housing insecurity
11.7%Utility-shutoff threat
20.2%Food insecurity
21.4%SNAP enrollment
10.8%Transit barriers
8.8%No health insurance
19.5%Frequent mental distress
31.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in South Town

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 6.4/10. 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 inherited from Springfield eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Sangamon County average of 4.9 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 78th 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.

Part of this tract, about 23% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was B ("Still Desirable"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17167001800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17167001800?

Census tract 17167001800 in the South Town neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 17167001800?

Median gross rent is $941/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17167001800?

25.6% of residents in tract 17167001800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,958.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17167001800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 79th, minority 67th, housing 84th.

Is tract 17167001800 considered part of South Town?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17167001800 fall within South Town (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 17167001800 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.8% 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. 11.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17167001800 compare to Springfield overall?

Tract 17167001800 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Springfield at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Springfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 17167001800 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 23% 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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