Neighborhood · St. Louis, MO

Baden Eviction Risk: Moderate

3 census tracts · pop 6,922 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.3/10 · range 4.5–5.6

Baden is a 3-tract neighborhood of St. Louis, MO, population 6,922. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.3/10, Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 45% against 28.2% citywide, putting Baden 16.8% over its own city.

SNAP participation is 39.3% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 38%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 28% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.

CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 32.3% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. What pushes the score up most is economic stress at 8.2/10.

Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 4.5 to 5.6, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Filings are well documented here: 2,007 across 3 observed tracts.

Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.5/10. Average gross rent is $840, 16% below the St. Louis average of $997. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 19.6% of renter households.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.3 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score

5.3

Moderate

3 tracts · population-weighted

Baden vs St. Louis How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

45.0% +60%

St. Louis: 28.2%

Average gross rent

$840 -16%

St. Louis: $997

Average HH income

$40,511 -30%

St. Louis: $57,574

Poverty rate

37.8% +89%

St. Louis: 20.0%

Renter share

41.3% -25%

St. Louis: 54.7%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Baden and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 4.5–5.6

Why Baden scores 5.3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 2.1–2.1 across tracts

2.1

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 8.3–8.3 across tracts

8.3

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts

7.0

Rent control risk

45% of income on rent · Range 2.0–2.0 across tracts

2.0

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts

5.0

Tenant organizing strength

41% renter households · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts

5.5

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts

5.0

Economic stress

37.8% below poverty line · Range 4.4–10.0 across tracts

8.2

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–3.2 across tracts

2.5

Risk score comparison

Baden vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Baden?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

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Spread of 1.1 points from 4.5 to 5.6. Moderate variation across constituent tracts.

Tracts as heat grid

5.6 5.6 4.5

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

3 tracts in Baden

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
29510108100	5.6	3,341	49%	$991
29510108300	5.6	1,835	20%	$919
29510108200	4.5	1,746	64%	$469

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 88

Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 80%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 92%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 97%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 69%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Baden

Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

2,007Total filings (sum)
14.32%Avg annual filing rate
19.6%Peak year (2015)
12.18%Latest filed (2017)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

646Total filings 2020-21
2.8Avg monthly observed
4.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.68×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon, OR).

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Baden

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

33.3%Housing insecurity
28.4%Utility shutoff threat
40.9%Food insecurity
41.5%SNAP enrollment
12.8%No health insurance
48.8%Any disability

Frequently asked

About Baden

What is the eviction-risk score for Baden?

Baden scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.

How does Baden compare to St. Louis overall?

Baden scores 1.1 points higher than St. Louis overall (4.2/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $840 vs $997.

What is the average rent in Baden?

Average gross rent in Baden is $840/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Baden residents are renters?

41% of Baden households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in St. Louis). The neighborhood has 6,922 residents.

Is Baden a high social-vulnerability area?

Baden sits in the 88th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Baden have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Baden is census tract 29510108100 (score 5.6/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.5 to 5.6, a spread of 1.1 points.

How safe is Baden for landlords?

Baden carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.3/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to St. Louis as a whole (4.2/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.

What is the demographic breakdown of Baden?

Baden has 6,568 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (93.4%), White (non-Hispanic) (4.2%), Other / Multiracial (2.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Baden

5.2 Walnut Park East 2 tracts · pop 3,063 5.2 Mark Twain 2 tracts · pop 3,198 5.2 College Hill 2 tracts · pop 4,923 4.9 Kingsway West 2 tracts · pop 4,929 5.4 Wells Goodfellow 2 tracts · pop 2,888 5.2 Kingsway East 2 tracts · pop 4,256

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside St. Louis

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Baden.

5.3 West End 2 tracts · pop 4,625 5.3 Patch 2 tracts · pop 5,828 5.3 Walnut Park West 1 tracts · pop 4,283 5.3 College Hill 2 tracts · pop 4,923 5.2 Hyde Park 1 tracts · pop 1,233 5.2 Gravois Park 2 tracts · pop 9,529

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