Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Affton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189219700 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 5,821 · 65% of tract blocks fall in Affton
With a score of 3.7/10, tract 29189219700 in Affton, MO reads lower for landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.5/10.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units2,406
Renter share35.4%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate8.1%
Median income$61,591
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
55
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Affton and the region
Centroid at 38.5650, -90.3293 · click any tract to drill in
Why Affton scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Affton
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
8.1% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$930 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Affton
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Affton
4.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Affton
3.8
How Affton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 1%Grade B
- 6%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)
- 369Total filings over 8 yrs
- 5.01%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.9%Peak (2006)
- 39Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 142Total filings 2020-21
- 1.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.51×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
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.
- 11.1%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.5%Food insecurity
- 8.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 34.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Affton
Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 369 filings here across 8 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2006 at 6.9% of renter households. Average gross rent is $930, 8% below the Affton average.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 5.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #54,273 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.5/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
39% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the St. Louis County average of 4.0 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189219700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189219700?
Census tract 29189219700 in Affton scores 3.7/10 (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 29189219700?
Median gross rent is $930/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189219700?
8.1% of residents in tract 29189219700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,821.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189219700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 80th, minority 31th, housing 68th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189219700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 369 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189219700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.01% of renter households, peaking at 6.9% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189219700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.51× 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.
Q7
What share of households in tract 29189219700 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.1% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189219700 compare to Affton overall?
Tract 29189219700 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Affton at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Affton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 29189219700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Affton
Top eight tracts in Affton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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