Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Berkeley Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29189221800 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 3,364 · 48% of tract blocks fall in Berkeley
29189221800 is a census tract in Berkeley, MO. It scores 5.6/10 for landlords. Against St. Louis County at 42.0%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,194
Renter share49.2%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate40.1%
Median income$36,351
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
National
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Berkeley and the region
Centroid at 38.7457, -90.3512 · click any tract to drill in
Why Berkeley scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Berkeley
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
40.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,012 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Berkeley
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Berkeley
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Berkeley
9.1
How Berkeley compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 6%Grade C
- 13%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)
- 636Total filings over 8 yrs
- 11.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.9%Peak (2006)
- 96Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 28% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 456Total filings 2020-21
- 5.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.43×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. 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.
- 33.3%Housing insecurity
- 28.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 40.4%Food insecurity
- 41.5%SNAP enrollment
- 22.5%Transit barriers
- 13.9%No health insurance
- 22.5%Frequent mental distress
- 48.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Berkeley
35% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 41.5% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 40.4% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 40%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 9.1/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $36,351 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Against the St. Louis County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points.
Court records carry 636 eviction filings across 8 observed years. Filings peaked in 2006 at 15.9% of renter households.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189221800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189221800?
Census tract 29189221800 in Berkeley scores 5.6/10 (Moderate 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 29189221800?
Median gross rent is $1,012/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189221800?
40.1% of residents in tract 29189221800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,364.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189221800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 73th, minority 95th, housing 52th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189221800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 636 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189221800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.80% of renter households, peaking at 15.9% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189221800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.43× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon eviction laws, OR), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 29189221800 struggle to pay rent?
About 33.3% 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. 28.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189221800 compare to Berkeley overall?
Tract 29189221800 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Berkeley at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Berkeley; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 29189221800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 13% 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 Berkeley
Top eight tracts in Berkeley ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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