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Neighborhood · Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO

Baden Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 4,722 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.6/10 · range 5.6–5.6

Baden maps to a single census tract in Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO and houses 4,722 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.6/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a Bellefontaine Neighbors baseline of 39.2%, 52% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

The severe-burden share is 32%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. What pushes the score up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8.8/10.

Average gross rent is $792, 31% below the Bellefontaine Neighbors average of $1,151. SNAP participation is 35.2% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.

Food insecurity affects 35.2% of adults, 17.4 points above the national rate. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint is housing-court posture at 8.5/10.

Court records for this tract carry 357 eviction filings. The worst year on record was 2017, when filings touched 9.9% of renter households.

Judgments average 5.9% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.

One tract means one number: 5.6/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Baden vs Bellefontaine Neighbors How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
51.8% +32%
Bellefontaine Neighbors: 39.2%
Average gross rent
$792 -31%
Bellefontaine Neighbors: $1,151
Average HH income
$48,185 0%
Bellefontaine Neighbors: $48,354
Poverty rate
27.0% +21%
Bellefontaine Neighbors: 22.4%
Renter share
40.5% -3%
Bellefontaine Neighbors: 41.9%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Baden and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 5.6–5.6

Why Baden scores 5.6

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.1–2.1 across tracts
2.1
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 6.2–6.2 across tracts
6.2
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Rent control risk
52% of income on rent · Range 8.8–8.8 across tracts
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 1.9–1.9 across tracts
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
41% renter households · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Economic stress
27.0% below poverty line · Range 6.7–6.7 across tracts
6.7
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Risk score comparison

Baden vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Baden score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.6BadenNeighborhood4.2Parent cityhost city3.7Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Baden

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
29189210400 5.6 4,722 52% $792
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 88

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 92%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 92%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 95%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 43%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Baden

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 357Total filings (sum)
  • 9.68%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.9%Peak year (2017)
  • 9.92%Latest filed (2017)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 386Total filings 2020-21
  • 5.0Avg monthly observed
  • 3.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.53×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon, OR).

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Baden

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Baden

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Baden?

Baden scores 5.6/10 (Moderate 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 Baden compare to Bellefontaine Neighbors overall?

Baden scores 1.4 points higher than Bellefontaine Neighbors overall (4.2/10). Renters spend 52% of income on rent vs 39% citywide. Average rent: $792 vs $1,151.
Q3

What is the average rent in Baden?

Average gross rent in Baden is $792/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Baden residents are renters?

41% of Baden households are renter-occupied (vs 42% in Bellefontaine Neighbors). The neighborhood has 4,722 residents.
Q5

Is Baden a high social-vulnerability area?

Baden sits in the 88th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Baden for landlords?

Baden carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.6/10). 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 Bellefontaine Neighbors as a whole (4.2/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Baden?

Baden has 4,115 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (92.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (4.4%), Other / Multiracial (2.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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