3 census tracts · pop 14,372 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.4/10
· range 3.7–5.6
Mount Pleasant is a 3-tract neighborhood of St. Louis, MO and houses 14,372 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.4/10, in the Moderate tier. 49% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the St. Louis rate of 28.2%.
26% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The main counterweight is supply constraint, at 1.7/10. 66% 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.
The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.7 to 5.6, a 1.9-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 25.0% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. At $818 a month, rents sit 18% under what the rest of St. Louis commands.
Filings are well documented here: 5,243 across 3 observed tracts. Food insecurity affects 28.3% of adults, 10.5 points above the national rate. Filing activity peaked in 2012 at 15.0% of renter households.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 4.4 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Mount Pleasant vs St. LouisHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority76%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport77%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Mount Pleasant
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
5,243Total filings (sum)
11.15%Avg annual filing rate
15.0%Peak year (2012)
9.66%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,943Total filings 2020-21
8.8Avg monthly observed
11.1Pre-pandemic baseline
0.79×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon, OR).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Mount Pleasant
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
25.4%Housing insecurity
20.1%Utility shutoff threat
28.8%Food insecurity
26.4%SNAP enrollment
12.8%No health insurance
41.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Mount Pleasant
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Mount Pleasant?
Mount Pleasant scores 4.4/10 (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 Mount Pleasant compare to St. Louis overall?
Mount Pleasant scores 0.2 points higher than St. Louis overall (4.2/10). Renters spend 49% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $818 vs $997.
Q3
What is the average rent in Mount Pleasant?
Average gross rent in Mount Pleasant is $818/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Mount Pleasant residents are renters?
66% of Mount Pleasant households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in St. Louis). The neighborhood has 14,372 residents.
Q5
Is Mount Pleasant a high social-vulnerability area?
Mount Pleasant sits in the 84th 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 Mount Pleasant have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Mount Pleasant is census tract 29510115600 (score 5.6/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.7 to 5.6, a spread of 1.9 points.
Q7
How safe is Mount Pleasant for landlords?
Mount Pleasant carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.4/10). 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Mount Pleasant?
Mount Pleasant has 13,277 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (56.5%), White (non-Hispanic) (32.9%), Hispanic / Latino (4.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
