2 census tracts · pop 9,529 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.2/10
· range 4.9–5.6
Gravois Park spans 2 census tracts of St. Louis, MO and houses 9,529 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.2/10, Moderate tier. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 33.7% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
Food insecurity affects 40.4% of adults, 22.6 points above the national rate. Severe burden reaches 22%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 1.9/10. Cost burden runs 36% against 28.2% citywide, putting Gravois Park 7.4% over its own city.
The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. On the softer side is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. Filings are well documented here: 4,131 across 2 observed tracts.
At $838 a month, rents sit 16% under what the rest of St. Louis commands. Filing activity peaked in 2006 at 18.6% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 9.9% in 2017, is well off that peak. Among the 69 mapped neighborhoods of St. Louis, it ranks #24 by risk, the middle third. The closest comparables inside the same city are Hyde Park and Mark Twain.
Social vulnerability runs high at 9.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
With little internal variation, 5.2/10 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
5.2
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Gravois Park vs St. LouisHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority82%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport91%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Gravois Park
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
4,131Total filings (sum)
13.87%Avg annual filing rate
18.6%Peak year (2006)
9.92%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,301Total filings 2020-21
8.4Avg monthly observed
12.4Pre-pandemic baseline
0.68×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 Gravois Park
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
33.5%Housing insecurity
28.1%Utility shutoff threat
40.1%Food insecurity
40.0%SNAP enrollment
16.5%No health insurance
45.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Gravois Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Gravois Park?
Gravois Park scores 5.2/10 (Moderate 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 Gravois Park compare to St. Louis overall?
Gravois Park scores 1.0 points higher than St. Louis overall (4.2/10). Renters spend 36% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $838 vs $997.
Q3
What is the average rent in Gravois Park?
Average gross rent in Gravois Park is $838/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Gravois Park residents are renters?
62% of Gravois Park households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in St. Louis). The neighborhood has 9,529 residents.
Q5
Is Gravois Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Gravois Park sits in the 97th 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
Which tracts in Gravois Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Gravois Park is census tract 29510124100 (score 5.6/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.9 to 5.6, a spread of 0.7 points.
Q7
How safe is Gravois Park for landlords?
Gravois Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.2/10). 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Gravois Park?
Gravois Park has 8,763 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (53%), White (non-Hispanic) (28.9%), Hispanic / Latino (10.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
