Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,930 of 84,120 nationally
Columbus Square Eviction Risk: Elevated , St. Louis
Tract 29510125700 · St. Louis city, MO · pop 1,770 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
For landlords sizing up Columbus Square in St. Louis, census tract 29510125700 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.6/10. It lands near the 89th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 65% of renter households, a severe level, and 41% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $902 a month while the average household earns $23,377 a year, roughly 46% of income at the averages. Renters make up 93% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 61%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 7%
Tract context
Occupied units1,090
Renter share93.3%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate40.9%
Median income$23,377
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
94
th percentile
Very High
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Louis and the region
Centroid at 38.6386, -90.1907 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbus Square scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from St. Louis
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.3
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
40.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$902 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Louis
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Louis
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Louis
5.0
How Columbus Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 27%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 1,810Total filings over 13 yrs
- 10.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.8%Peak (2009)
- 162Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 76% over the past 13 months.
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. Eviction Lab tracked Southwest Oregon, OR as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 36.0%Housing insecurity
- 31.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 43.0%Food insecurity
- 44.8%SNAP enrollment
- 23.4%Transit barriers
- 12.8%No health insurance
- 22.9%Frequent mental distress
- 46.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Columbus Square
The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from St. Louis eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the St. Louis City County average of 5.8 and above the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 93rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.30x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 29510125700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29510125700?
Census tract 29510125700 in the Columbus Square neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 29510125700?
Median gross rent is $902/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29510125700?
40.9% of residents in tract 29510125700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,770.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29510125700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 90th, minority 95th, housing 51th.
Q5
Is tract 29510125700 considered part of Columbus Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29510125700 fall within Columbus Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29510125700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,810 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 29510125700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.91% of renter households, peaking at 18.8% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29510125700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.30× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon eviction laws, OR), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29510125700 struggle to pay rent?
About 36.0% 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. 31.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29510125700 compare to St. Louis overall?
Tract 29510125700 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of St. Louis at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. Louis eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 29510125700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 27% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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