Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Hamilton Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Louis
Tract 29510106100 · St. Louis city, MO · pop 1,555 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
29510106100 is a census tract in the Hamilton Heights area of St. Louis, MO. It scores 5.5/10 for landlords. Average gross rent is $568, 43% below the St. Louis average.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units715
Renter share55.5%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate25.2%
Median income$27,796
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Louis and the region
Centroid at 38.6694, -90.2811 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hamilton Heights scores 5.5
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
25.2% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$568 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Hamilton Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 100%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 639Total filings over 13 yrs
- 8.57%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.9%Peak (2007)
- 35Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 24% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 156Total filings 2020-21
- 2.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.65×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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.
- 31.2%Housing insecurity
- 26.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.2%Food insecurity
- 36.5%SNAP enrollment
- 19.8%Transit barriers
- 11.7%No health insurance
- 20.1%Frequent mental distress
- 46.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hamilton Heights
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10. Food insecurity runs 37.2% against 17.8% nationally. Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Housing insecurity runs 31.2% against 14.2% nationally. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.3/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
It sits 1.1 points above the St. Louis City average of 4.4. 47% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the St. Louis City average of 41.6%. Court records carry 639 eviction filings across 13 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2007, when 9.9% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for St. Louis. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 8.6% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 29510106100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29510106100?
Census tract 29510106100 in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate 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 29510106100?
Median gross rent is $568/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29510106100?
25.2% of residents in tract 29510106100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,555.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29510106100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 90th, minority 98th, housing 51th.
Q5
Is tract 29510106100 considered part of Hamilton Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29510106100 fall within Hamilton Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29510106100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 639 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 29510106100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.57% of renter households, peaking at 9.9% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29510106100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.65× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon eviction laws, OR), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29510106100 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.2% 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. 26.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29510106100 compare to St. Louis overall?
Tract 29510106100 scores 5.5/10, higher 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.
Q10
Was tract 29510106100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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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