1 census tracts · pop 1,961 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.6/10
· range 5.6–5.6
Penrose is a one-tract neighborhood of St. Louis, MO, population 1,961. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.6/10, Moderate tier. 51% 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.
Cost burden runs 69% against 28.2% citywide, putting Penrose 41.1% over its own city. The dominant input is economic stress at 9.8/10. Food insecurity affects 46.7% of adults, 28.9 points above the national rate.
The poverty rate is 39%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Annualized rent equals 38% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Disability prevalence reaches 52.5% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute. This is a renter market: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. The filing record is not thin: 890 evictions logged in this tract.
Filing activity peaked in 2007 at 15.5% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 7.4% in 2017, is well off that peak. That places it #1 of 69 neighborhoods in St. Louis.
One tract means one number: 5.6/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Penrose vs St. LouisHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority98%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport38%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Penrose
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
890Total filings (sum)
10.86%Avg annual filing rate
15.5%Peak year (2007)
7.44%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
203Total filings 2020-21
2.6Avg monthly observed
5.8Pre-pandemic baseline
0.46×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 Penrose
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
36.7%Housing insecurity
32.9%Utility shutoff threat
46.7%Food insecurity
49.6%SNAP enrollment
14.6%No health insurance
52.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Penrose
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Penrose?
Penrose 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 Penrose compare to St. Louis overall?
Penrose scores 1.4 points higher than St. Louis overall (4.2/10). Renters spend 69% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $1,030 vs $997.
Q3
What is the average rent in Penrose?
Average gross rent in Penrose is $1,030/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Penrose residents are renters?
66% of Penrose households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in St. Louis). The neighborhood has 1,961 residents.
Q5
Is Penrose a high social-vulnerability area?
Penrose sits in the 78th 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 Penrose for landlords?
Penrose 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 Penrose?
Penrose has 1,889 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (99.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (0.4%), Hispanic / Latino (0%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
