1 census tracts · pop 3,724 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Tower Grove East maps to a single census tract in St. Louis, MO and houses 3,724 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, in the Lower tier. Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1.2/10.
Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. The severe-burden share is 15%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
The filing record is not thin: 1,077 evictions logged in this tract. Cost burden runs 32% against 28.2% citywide, putting Tower Grove East 4.2% over its own city.
Filing activity peaked in 2007 at 13.4% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 5.7% in 2017, is well off that peak. That places it #59 of 69 neighborhoods in St. Louis.
Against average income of $81,676, annual rent is only 16%, a wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Average gross rent runs $1,056, close to the St. Louis average. 49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
One tract means one number: 3/10 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
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Tower Grove East vs St. LouisHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority59%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport15%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Tower Grove East
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,077Total filings (sum)
8.50%Avg annual filing rate
13.4%Peak year (2007)
5.68%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
243Total filings 2020-21
3.2Avg monthly observed
6.8Pre-pandemic baseline
0.47×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 Tower Grove East
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
13.4%Housing insecurity
9.5%Utility shutoff threat
12.6%Food insecurity
9.1%SNAP enrollment
7.5%No health insurance
27.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Tower Grove East
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Tower Grove East?
Tower Grove East scores 3/10 (Lower 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 Tower Grove East compare to St. Louis overall?
Tower Grove East scores 1.2 points lower than St. Louis overall (4.2/10). Renters spend 32% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $1,056 vs $997.
Q3
What is the average rent in Tower Grove East?
Average gross rent in Tower Grove East is $1,056/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Tower Grove East residents are renters?
49% of Tower Grove East households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in St. Louis). The neighborhood has 3,724 residents.
Q5
Is Tower Grove East a high social-vulnerability area?
Tower Grove East sits in the 34th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Tower Grove East for landlords?
Tower Grove East carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). 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 lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Tower Grove East?
Tower Grove East has 3,489 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (59.1%), Black (non-Hispanic) (25.3%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (7.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
