2 census tracts · pop 5,065 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Ellendale is a 2-tract neighborhood of St. Louis, MO and houses 5,065 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 3/10, in the Lower tier. Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1.3/10.
26% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent. Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. The severe-burden share is 11%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Court records carry 460 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. At $1,139 a month, rents sit 14% over what the rest of St. Louis commands.
SNAP participation is 6.0% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity affects 8.6% of adults, 9.2 points below the national rate.
Filing activity peaked in 2008 at 12.1% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 2.6% in 2017, is well off that peak. Among the 69 mapped neighborhoods of St. Louis, it ranks #59 by risk, the lower third.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Lindenwood Park and Tower Grove East. Rent takes 18% 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.
Its 2 tracts score within 0 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
With little internal variation, 3/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Ellendale vs St. LouisHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority35%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 Ellendale
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
460Total filings (sum)
5.15%Avg annual filing rate
12.1%Peak year (2008)
2.35%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
94Total filings 2020-21
0.7Avg monthly observed
1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
0.57×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 Ellendale
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
9.6%Housing insecurity
6.9%Utility shutoff threat
8.5%Food insecurity
6.0%SNAP enrollment
5.9%No health insurance
26.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Ellendale
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Ellendale?
Ellendale 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 Ellendale compare to St. Louis overall?
Ellendale scores 1.2 points lower than St. Louis overall (4.2/10). Renters spend 26% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $1,139 vs $997.
Q3
What is the average rent in Ellendale?
Average gross rent in Ellendale is $1,139/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Ellendale residents are renters?
33% of Ellendale households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in St. Louis). The neighborhood has 5,065 residents.
Q5
Is Ellendale a high social-vulnerability area?
Ellendale sits in the 15th 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 Ellendale have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Ellendale is census tract 29510126800 (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 Ellendale for landlords?
Ellendale 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 Ellendale?
Ellendale has 5,071 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (77.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (10.2%), Hispanic / Latino (5.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
