Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown Eviction Risk: Lower , St. Louis
Tract 29510125600 ·
St. Louis city, MO · pop 4,822 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 3.3/10, tract 29510125600 in the Downtown area of St. Louis, MO reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,822. This is renter territory: 81% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%Stable renters 53%Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units3,428
Renter share81.2%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate17.7%
Median income$91,175
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Downtown
Moderate
Within parent city
24th percentile
#79 of 104 tracts In St. Louis
Low
Within county
24th percentile
#79 of 104 tracts In St. Louis city
Low
Within state
43th percentile
#946 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Louis and the region
Centroid at 38.6272, -90.1887 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
17.7% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,313 rent vs county FMR
5.8
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 Downtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
29%Socioeconomic
5%Household composition
66%Racial/ethnic minority
94%Housing & transportation
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)
2,184Total filings over 13 yrs
9.22%Avg annual filing rate
9.0%Peak (2016)
232Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2004 to 2017
Filings climbed 52% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
2,431Total filings 2020-21
31.6Avg monthly (observed)
13.7Pre-pandemic baseline
2.30×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
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.
15.0%Housing insecurity
11.2%Utility-shutoff threat
13.9%Food insecurity
10.3%SNAP enrollment
9.3%Transit barriers
7.3%No health insurance
16.9%Frequent mental distress
26.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown
At $1,313 a month, rents run 32% over what the rest of St. Louis commands. What pushes it up most is regional political climate at 8.3/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. 15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.
Against St. Louis City at 41.6%, 35% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the St. Louis City average of 4.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2,184 filings here across 13 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2016, when 9.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 9.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29510125600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29510125600?
Census tract 29510125600 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (Lower 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 29510125600?
Median gross rent is $1,313/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29510125600?
17.7% of residents in tract 29510125600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,822.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29510125600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 5th, minority 66th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 29510125600 considered part of Downtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29510125600 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29510125600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,184 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 29510125600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.22% of renter households, peaking at 9.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29510125600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.30× 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 29510125600 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.0% 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. 11.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29510125600 compare to St. Louis overall?
Tract 29510125600 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of St. Louis at 4.2/10. 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.
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