Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Crystal City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29099700700 · Jefferson County, MO · pop 4,702 · 78% of tract blocks fall in Crystal City
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 29099700700 (Crystal City, Missouri) comes in at 4.2/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 16% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
32% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $845 monthly, set against $63,466 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
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 county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
38
th percentile
Low
National
35
th percentile
Low
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 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%Housing & transportation
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 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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.3%Food insecurity
- 10.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 8.6%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 38.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Crystal City
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 3.3/10. 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 Crystal City, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Jefferson County average of 4.7 and below the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 421 eviction filings here over 14 tracked years, with about 6.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 11.0% of renter households in 2007.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29099700700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29099700700?
Census tract 29099700700 in Crystal City 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 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 3.2/10, higher than the parent city of Crystal City at 2.3/10. 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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