1 census tracts · pop 2,024 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.6/10
· range 5.6–5.6
Carr Square is a one-tract neighborhood of St. Louis, MO and houses 2,024 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.6/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs about half against 28.2% citywide, putting Carr Square 24.6% over its own city.
The strongest single driver of the headline number is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 45%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. 26.9% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
84% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. The severe-burden share is 26%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. On the softer side is supply constraint, at 1.3/10.
At $767 a month, rents sit 23% under what the rest of St. Louis commands. Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. Disability prevalence reaches 45.2% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute.
The filing record is not thin: 1,238 evictions logged in this tract. The worst year on record was 2010, when filings touched 13.3% of renter households.
One tract means one number: 5.6/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Carr Square vs St. LouisHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority86%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport85%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Carr Square
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,238Total filings (sum)
12.02%Avg annual filing rate
13.3%Peak year (2010)
7.52%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
742Total filings 2020-21
9.6Avg monthly observed
6.6Pre-pandemic baseline
1.46×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon, OR).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Carr Square
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
31.7%Housing insecurity
26.9%Utility shutoff threat
38.6%Food insecurity
39.1%SNAP enrollment
14.8%No health insurance
45.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Carr Square
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Carr Square?
Carr Square scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 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.
Q2
How does Carr Square compare to St. Louis overall?
Carr Square scores 1.4 points higher than St. Louis overall (4.2/10). Renters spend 53% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $767 vs $997.
Q3
What is the average rent in Carr Square?
Average gross rent in Carr Square is $767/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Carr Square residents are renters?
84% of Carr Square households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in St. Louis). The neighborhood has 2,024 residents.
Q5
Is Carr Square a high social-vulnerability area?
Carr Square sits in the 91st 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.
Q6
How safe is Carr Square for landlords?
Carr Square carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.6/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Carr Square?
Carr Square has 1,860 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (62.5%), White (non-Hispanic) (21.2%), Other / Multiracial (8.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
