Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Festus Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29099700801 · Jefferson County, MO · pop 5,939 · 88% of tract blocks fall in Festus
In Festus, census tract 29099700801 scores 4.8/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 32% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 28% of renter households, a moderate level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $977 monthly, set against $78,654 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 41% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units2,270
Renter share40.8%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate14.0%
Median income$78,654
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Festus and the region
Centroid at 38.2252, -90.4100 · click any tract to drill in
Why Festus scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Festus
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.3
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
14.0% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$977 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Festus
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Festus
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Festus
4.9
How Festus compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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)
- 332Total filings over 14 yrs
- 4.20%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.7%Peak (2008)
- 21Filings 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.
- 12.1%Housing insecurity
- 9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.1%Food insecurity
- 11.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 37.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Festus
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. 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 Festus, 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 332 eviction filings here over 14 tracked years, with about 4.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.7% of renter households in 2008.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29099700801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29099700801?
Census tract 29099700801 in Festus scores 3.6/10 (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 29099700801?
Median gross rent is $977/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29099700801?
14.0% of residents in tract 29099700801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,939.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29099700801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 34th, minority 25th, housing 39th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29099700801?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 332 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29099700801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.20% of renter households, peaking at 6.7% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29099700801 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.1% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 29099700801 compare to Festus overall?
Tract 29099700801 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Festus at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Festus; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Festus
Top eight tracts in Festus ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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