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Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally

Affton Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 29189220001 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 4,772 · 57% of tract blocks fall in Affton

Tract 29189220001 covers Affton in Missouri. Home to 4,772 residents, it scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 32% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 16% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,306 a month against an average household income of $76,815 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 15% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 13% Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units2,032
Renter share15.5%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$76,815

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Affton
High
Within county
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#111 of 236 tracts In St. Louis County
Moderate
Within state
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#1,249 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Low
National
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#65,113 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Affton and the region

Centroid at 38.5417, -90.3142 · click any tract to drill in

Why Affton scores 2.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
7.8% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,306 rent vs county FMR
5.7
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.
Affton risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.62.6This tracttract 220001Affton: 2.42.4Afftonparent cityCounty: 2.82.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 13

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 62Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 2.41%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.4%Peak (2010)
  • 7Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 291892200012003: 3 filings (0.72/100 renter HHs)2004: 7 filings (1.69/100 renter HHs)2005: 5 filings (1.12/100 renter HHs)2006: 6 filings (1.34/100 renter HHs)2010: 14 filings (5.43/100 renter HHs)2012: 13 filings (4.73/100 renter HHs)2013: 7 filings (2.55/100 renter HHs)2017: 7 filings (1.72/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 133% over the past 8 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 37Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.62×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 2 filings (1.33× baseline)2021-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 2 filings (1.33× baseline)2022-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2022-07-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2022-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2022-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2023-07-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2023-08-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2023-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2023-12-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2024-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-03-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2024-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2024-12-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2025-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-02-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2025-03-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2025-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-05-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2025-11-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2025-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 1 filings (10.00× 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Affton

The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 5.7/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Affton 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 County average of 5.6 and in line with 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 0.62x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.

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 7.6% 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 29189220001

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189220001?

Census tract 29189220001 in Affton scores 2.6/10 (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 29189220001?

Median gross rent is $1,306/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29189220001?

7.8% of residents in tract 29189220001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,772.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29189220001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 27th, minority 20th, housing 8th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189220001?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 62 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189220001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.41% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 29189220001 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.62× 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 29189220001 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 29189220001 compare to Affton overall?

Tract 29189220001 scores 2.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Affton at 2.4/10. 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 29189220001 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Affton

Top eight tracts in Affton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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