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Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Crystal City Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 29099700700 · Jefferson County, MO · pop 4,702 · 78% of tract blocks fall in Crystal City

29099700700 is a census tract in Crystal City, MO. It scores 4.2/10 for landlords. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 17% Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,826
Renter share24.7%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate13.2%
Median income$63,466

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Crystal City
Very High
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 49 tracts In Jefferson County
High
Within state
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#523 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Elevated
National
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#45,786 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Crystal City and the region

Centroid at 38.2262, -90.3791 · click any tract to drill in

Why Crystal City scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Crystal City
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.3
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
13.2% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$845 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Crystal City
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Crystal City
2.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Crystal City
1.9

How Crystal City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Crystal City risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.2This tracttract 7007003.2Crystal Cityparent city3.5Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

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

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 421Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 6.03%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.0%Peak (2007)
  • 32Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 29099700700
Filings dropped 20% over the past 14 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Crystal City

Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10.

Average gross rent is $845, 20% below the Crystal City average. Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 421 filings here across 14 tracked years. It sits 0.7 points above the Jefferson County average of 3.5. The worst year on record was 2007, when 11.0% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 6.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 25% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Against average income of $63,466, annual rent is just 16%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 29099700700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29099700700?

Census tract 29099700700 in Crystal City scores 4.2/10 (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 29099700700?

Median gross rent is $845/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29099700700?

13.2% of residents in tract 29099700700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,702.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29099700700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 57th, minority 27th, housing 85th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29099700700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 421 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29099700700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.03% of renter households, peaking at 11.0% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 29099700700 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.6% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 29099700700 compare to Crystal City overall?

Tract 29099700700 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Crystal City at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Crystal City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Crystal City

Top eight tracts in Crystal City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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