3 census tracts · pop 6,940 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5/10
· range 4.3–5.6
JeffVanderLou is a 3-tract neighborhood of St. Louis, MO and houses 6,940 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5/10, Moderate tier. SNAP participation is 54.4% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity affects 51.2% of adults, 33.4 points above the national rate. 71% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over.
Severe burden reaches 22%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. The poverty rate is 29%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10.
Running cool is supply constraint, at 2.2/10. The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 4.3 to 5.6, a 1.3-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. Against a St. Louis baseline of 28.2%, 34% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
Filings are well documented here: 1,595 across 2 observed tracts. At $871 a month, rents sit 13% under what the rest of St. Louis commands.
The worst year on record was 2011, when filings touched 14.1% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 8.1% in 2017, is well off that peak.
Among the 69 mapped neighborhoods of St. Louis, it ranks #30 by risk, the middle third.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
JeffVanderLou vs St. LouisHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority96%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport58%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in JeffVanderLou
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,595Total filings (sum)
9.96%Avg annual filing rate
14.1%Peak year (2011)
8.36%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
530Total filings 2020-21
2.3Avg monthly observed
4.2Pre-pandemic baseline
0.56×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 JeffVanderLou
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
40.5%Housing insecurity
36.3%Utility shutoff threat
50.8%Food insecurity
53.9%SNAP enrollment
16.1%No health insurance
53.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About JeffVanderLou
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for JeffVanderLou?
JeffVanderLou scores 5/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 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 JeffVanderLou compare to St. Louis overall?
JeffVanderLou scores 0.8 points higher than St. Louis overall (4.2/10). Renters spend 34% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $871 vs $997.
Q3
What is the average rent in JeffVanderLou?
Average gross rent in JeffVanderLou is $871/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of JeffVanderLou residents are renters?
71% of JeffVanderLou households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in St. Louis). The neighborhood has 6,940 residents.
Q5
Is JeffVanderLou a high social-vulnerability area?
JeffVanderLou sits in the 90th 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 JeffVanderLou have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in JeffVanderLou is census tract 29510127700 (score 5.6/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.3 to 5.6, a spread of 1.3 points.
Q7
How safe is JeffVanderLou for landlords?
JeffVanderLou carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5/10). Pop-weighted across 3 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 JeffVanderLou?
JeffVanderLou has 6,580 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (93.3%), White (non-Hispanic) (3.4%), Hispanic / Latino (1.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
