Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
De Soto Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29099701200 · Jefferson County, MO · pop 5,855 · 85% of tract blocks fall in De Soto
Census tract 29099701200 sits in De Soto in Jefferson County, Missouri eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of $1/10. That is riskier than about 38% of US census tracts.
About 33% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $831 a month while the average household earns $46,068 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units2,502
Renter share37.4%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate15.0%
Median income$46,068
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across De Soto and the region
Centroid at 38.1193, -90.5777 · click any tract to drill in
Why De Soto scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from De Soto
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.3
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
15.0% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$831 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from De Soto
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from De Soto
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from De Soto
5.1
How De Soto compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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)
- 548Total filings over 14 yrs
- 4.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2013)
- 41Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 16.1%Housing insecurity
- 13.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.5%Food insecurity
- 20.8%SNAP enrollment
- 12.5%Transit barriers
- 11.4%No health insurance
- 21.1%Frequent mental distress
- 46.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in De Soto
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from De Soto, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Jefferson County average of 4.7 and in line with the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 73rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 16.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29099701200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29099701200?
Census tract 29099701200 in De Soto scores 4.3/10 (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 29099701200?
Median gross rent is $831/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29099701200?
15.0% of residents in tract 29099701200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,855.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29099701200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 90th, minority 18th, housing 57th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29099701200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 548 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29099701200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.70% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29099701200 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.1% 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. 13.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 29099701200 compare to De Soto overall?
Tract 29099701200 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of De Soto at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from De Soto; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in De Soto
Top eight tracts in De Soto ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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