Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Bridgeton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29189213104 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 1,237
With a score of 5.2/10, tract 29189213104 in Bridgeton, MO reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. This is renter territory: 93% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 63%
Owners 6%
Tract context
Occupied units454
Renter share93.4%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate16.7%
Median income$42,981
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bridgeton and the region
Centroid at 38.7590, -90.4105 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bridgeton scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bridgeton
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
16.7% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,049 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bridgeton
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bridgeton
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bridgeton
6.0
How Bridgeton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%Housing & transportation
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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 201Total filings 2020-21
- 2.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.23×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.
- 13.7%Housing insecurity
- 10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.7%Food insecurity
- 12.0%SNAP enrollment
- 9.0%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 40.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bridgeton
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.5/10. Against St. Louis County at 42.0%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10. 14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Against the St. Louis County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. At $1,049 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Bridgeton commands. That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.6/10. Statewide the MO average is 3.8, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $42,981.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189213104
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189213104?
Census tract 29189213104 in Bridgeton scores 5.2/10 (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 29189213104?
Median gross rent is $1,049/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189213104?
16.7% of residents in tract 29189213104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,237.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189213104?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 95th, minority 69th, housing 97th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 29189213104 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.23× 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.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29189213104 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.7% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 29189213104 compare to Bridgeton overall?
Tract 29189213104 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Bridgeton at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bridgeton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bridgeton
Top eight tracts in Bridgeton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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