1 census tracts · pop 1,770 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.6/10
· range 5.6–5.6
Columbus Square maps to a single census tract in St. Louis, MO and houses 1,770 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.6/10, in the Moderate tier. 41% 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.
66% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well clear of the St. Louis rate of 28.2%. What pushes the score up most is economic stress at 10/10.
Set annual rent against average household income of $23,377 and the ratio lands at 46%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. This is a renter market: 93% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
The poverty rate is 41%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Food insecurity affects 43.0% of adults, 25.2 points above the national rate. Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10.
Disability prevalence reaches 46.5% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.4/10. The filing record is not thin: 1,810 evictions logged in this tract.
The worst year on record was 2009, when filings touched 18.8% of renter households.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 5.6/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Columbus Square vs St. LouisHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority96%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport51%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Columbus Square
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,810Total filings (sum)
10.91%Avg annual filing rate
18.8%Peak year (2009)
11.33%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
999Total filings 2020-21
13.0Avg monthly observed
10.0Pre-pandemic baseline
1.30×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 Columbus Square
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
36.0%Housing insecurity
31.1%Utility shutoff threat
43.0%Food insecurity
44.8%SNAP enrollment
12.8%No health insurance
46.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Columbus Square
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Columbus Square?
Columbus 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 Columbus Square compare to St. Louis overall?
Columbus Square scores 1.4 points higher than St. Louis overall (4.2/10). Renters spend 66% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $902 vs $997.
Q3
What is the average rent in Columbus Square?
Average gross rent in Columbus Square is $902/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Columbus Square residents are renters?
93% of Columbus Square households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in St. Louis). The neighborhood has 1,770 residents.
Q5
Is Columbus Square a high social-vulnerability area?
Columbus Square sits in the 93rd 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 Columbus Square for landlords?
Columbus 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 Columbus Square?
Columbus Square has 1,962 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (95%), White (non-Hispanic) (4.2%), Other / Multiracial (0.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
