Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Princeton Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Louis
Tract 29510102100 · St. Louis city, MO · pop 2,410 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 29510102100 covers the Princeton Heights neighborhood of St. Louis in Missouri. Home to 2,410 residents, it scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 49th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 34% of renter households, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $971 a month against an average household income of $62,692 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 52% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,502
Renter share52.3%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate9.4%
Median income$62,692
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
23
th percentile
Low
Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
55
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Louis and the region
Centroid at 38.5703, -90.3004 · click any tract to drill in
Why Princeton Heights scores 4
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
9.4% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$971 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Princeton Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 81%Grade B
- 2%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 328Total filings over 13 yrs
- 2.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2012)
- 24Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 167% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 126Total filings 2020-21
- 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.77×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Southwest Oregon, OR as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Princeton Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.4%Food insecurity
- 7.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 30.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Princeton Heights
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 5.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from St. Louis eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the St. Louis City County average of 5.8 and above the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.77x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29510102100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29510102100?
Census tract 29510102100 in the Princeton Heights neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 29510102100?
Median gross rent is $971/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29510102100?
9.4% of residents in tract 29510102100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,410.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29510102100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 36th, minority 18th, housing 55th.
Q5
Is tract 29510102100 considered part of Princeton Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29510102100 fall within Princeton Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29510102100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 328 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 29510102100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.73% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29510102100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.77× 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 29510102100 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29510102100 compare to St. Louis overall?
Tract 29510102100 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of St. Louis at 3.3/10. 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 29510102100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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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