2 census tracts · pop 3,904 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Clifton Heights is a 2-tract neighborhood of St. Louis, MO and houses 3,904 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, in the Lower tier. Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1.2/10.
On the softer side is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. The severe-burden share is 16%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Filings are well documented here: 385 across 2 observed tracts. SNAP participation is 5.8% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
about a quarter of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, a little below the St. Louis rate of 28.2%. Food insecurity affects 8.6% of adults, 9.2 points below the national rate. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 16.7% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 6.7% in 2017, is well off that peak. Among the 69 mapped neighborhoods of St. Louis, it ranks #59 by risk, the lower third.
At 23% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. The closest comparables inside the same city are Lindenwood Park and Tower Grove East.
Rent takes 16% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0 points apart at the extremes.
With little internal variation, 3/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Clifton Heights vs St. LouisHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority28%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport15%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Clifton Heights
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
385Total filings (sum)
5.21%Avg annual filing rate
16.7%Peak year (2016)
5.59%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
84Total filings 2020-21
0.5Avg monthly observed
1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
0.41×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 Clifton Heights
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
9.5%Housing insecurity
6.7%Utility shutoff threat
8.7%Food insecurity
5.9%SNAP enrollment
6.2%No health insurance
26.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Clifton Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Clifton Heights?
Clifton Heights scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 2 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 Clifton Heights compare to St. Louis overall?
Clifton Heights scores 1.2 points lower than St. Louis overall (4.2/10). Renters spend 25% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $1,042 vs $997.
Q3
What is the average rent in Clifton Heights?
Average gross rent in Clifton Heights is $1,042/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Clifton Heights residents are renters?
23% of Clifton Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in St. Louis). The neighborhood has 3,904 residents.
Q5
Is Clifton Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Clifton Heights sits in the 13th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Clifton Heights have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Clifton Heights is census tract 29510103700 (score 3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Clifton Heights for landlords?
Clifton Heights carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Clifton Heights?
Clifton Heights has 3,709 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (80.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (7.8%), Other / Multiracial (6.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
