Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Peabody-Darst-Webbe Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Louis
Tract 29510127400 · St. Louis city, MO · pop 4,171 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 29510127400 covers part of the Peabody-Darst-Webbe area of St. Louis, MO, and scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,171. Cost burden runs 62% here against 41.6% across St. Louis City.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units2,107
Renter share67.9%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate35.8%
Median income$41,623
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
96
th percentile
Very High
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Louis and the region
Centroid at 38.6202, -90.2061 · click any tract to drill in
Why Peabody-Darst-Webbe scores 5.6
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
35.8% poverty · this tract
9.0
Supply constraint
$990 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Peabody-Darst-Webbe compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 42%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)
- 1,124Total filings over 13 yrs
- 5.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.9%Peak (2011)
- 63Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 40% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 385Total filings 2020-21
- 5.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.71×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. 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.
- 27.7%Housing insecurity
- 23.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.5%Food insecurity
- 32.5%SNAP enrollment
- 18.2%Transit barriers
- 12.0%No health insurance
- 22.3%Frequent mental distress
- 41.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Peabody-Darst-Webbe
Severe burden reaches 35%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The dominant input is economic stress at 9/10. The poverty rate is 36%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
SNAP participation runs 32.5% against 15.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.3/10.
This is renter territory: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Food insecurity runs 32.5% against 17.8% nationally. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.
Against the St. Louis City average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Court records carry 1,124 eviction filings across 13 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 7.9% of renter households were served.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 29510127400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29510127400?
Census tract 29510127400 in the Peabody-Darst-Webbe neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 29510127400?
Median gross rent is $990/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29510127400?
35.8% of residents in tract 29510127400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,171.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29510127400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 28th, minority 76th, housing 38th.
Q5
Is tract 29510127400 considered part of Peabody-Darst-Webbe?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29510127400 fall within Peabody-Darst-Webbe (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29510127400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,124 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 29510127400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.94% of renter households, peaking at 7.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29510127400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.71× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon eviction laws, OR), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29510127400 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.7% 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. 23.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29510127400 compare to St. Louis overall?
Tract 29510127400 scores 5.6/10, 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 29510127400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 42% 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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