1 census tracts · pop 2,587 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.6/10
· range 5.6–5.6
Old North Saint Louis is a one-tract neighborhood of St. Louis, MO, population 2,587. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.6/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 57% against 28.2% citywide, putting Old North Saint Louis 29.2% over its own city.
At $464 a month, rents sit 53% under what the rest of St. Louis commands. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 58%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
Food insecurity affects 46.5% of adults, 28.7 points above the national rate. Running cool is supply constraint, at 1/10.
This is a renter market: 69% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Severe burden reaches 17%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Disability prevalence reaches 49.0% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute.
Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. The filing record is not thin: 1,200 evictions logged in this tract. Filing activity peaked in 2011 at 16.2% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 11.1% in 2017 against a 16.2% peak. That places it #1 of 69 neighborhoods in St. Louis. For a like-for-like read, Saint Louis Place and Peabody-Darst-Webbe score within a fraction of it.
One tract means one number: 5.6/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Old North Saint Louis vs St. LouisHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority88%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport88%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Old North Saint Louis
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,200Total filings (sum)
12.27%Avg annual filing rate
16.2%Peak year (2011)
11.11%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
340Total filings 2020-21
4.4Avg monthly observed
8.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.50×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 Old North Saint Louis
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
38.3%Housing insecurity
35.2%Utility shutoff threat
46.5%Food insecurity
49.9%SNAP enrollment
14.8%No health insurance
49.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Old North Saint Louis
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Old North Saint Louis?
Old North Saint Louis scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 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 Old North Saint Louis compare to St. Louis overall?
Old North Saint Louis scores 1.4 points higher than St. Louis overall (4.2/10). Renters spend 57% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $464 vs $997.
Q3
What is the average rent in Old North Saint Louis?
Average gross rent in Old North Saint Louis is $464/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Old North Saint Louis residents are renters?
69% of Old North Saint Louis households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in St. Louis). The neighborhood has 2,587 residents.
Q5
Is Old North Saint Louis a high social-vulnerability area?
Old North Saint Louis sits in the 91st 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
How safe is Old North Saint Louis for landlords?
Old North Saint Louis carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.6/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Old North Saint Louis?
Old North Saint Louis has 2,503 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (75%), White (non-Hispanic) (21.7%), Hispanic / Latino (1.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
