Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Saint Louis Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , St. Louis
Tract 29510103100 · St. Louis city, MO · pop 3,072 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 29510103100 belongs to the Saint Louis Hills area of St. Louis, Missouri. It is home to 3,072 residents and scores $1/10, a moderate reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #51,781 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 33% of renter households, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $861 monthly, set against $59,674 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 62% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 42%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units2,092
Renter share62.3%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate4.1%
Median income$59,674
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Louis and the region
Centroid at 38.5885, -90.3106 · click any tract to drill in
Why Saint Louis Hills scores 3.6
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
4.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$861 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Saint Louis Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 45%Grade A
- 24%Grade B
- 19%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)
- 568Total filings over 13 yrs
- 5.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.8%Peak (2015)
- 53Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 783% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 143Total filings 2020-21
- 1.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.38×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Southwest Oregon, OR as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Saint Louis Hills. 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
- 7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.6%Food insecurity
- 7.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 29.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Saint Louis Hills
The heaviest input here 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 in line with the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 568 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 5.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.8% of renter households in 2015.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 14th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29510103100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29510103100?
Census tract 29510103100 in the Saint Louis Hills neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (Lower 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 29510103100?
Median gross rent is $861/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29510103100?
4.1% of residents in tract 29510103100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,072.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29510103100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 2th, minority 31th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 29510103100 considered part of Saint Louis Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29510103100 fall within Saint Louis Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29510103100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 568 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 29510103100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.23% of renter households, peaking at 10.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29510103100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.38× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon eviction laws, OR), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29510103100 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29510103100 compare to St. Louis overall?
Tract 29510103100 scores 3.6/10, 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 29510103100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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