Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Maryland Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189213204 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 3,867 · 70% of tract blocks fall in Maryland Heights
Census tract 29189213204 covers Maryland Heights, home to 3,867 residents. For landlords it grades 5.4/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than about 53% of US census tracts.
About 36% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,061 a month against an average household income of $53,750 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 49% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,484
Renter share48.9%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate17.5%
Median income$53,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Maryland Heights and the region
Centroid at 38.7177, -90.4138 · click any tract to drill in
Why Maryland Heights scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Maryland Heights
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
17.5% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,061 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Maryland Heights
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Maryland Heights
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Maryland Heights
2.9
How Maryland Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 406Total filings over 8 yrs
- 9.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.8%Peak (2006)
- 31Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 52% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 178Total filings 2020-21
- 2.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.64×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.
- 17.0%Housing insecurity
- 12.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.0%Food insecurity
- 15.1%SNAP enrollment
- 10.9%Transit barriers
- 11.5%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 37.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Maryland Heights
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.4/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Maryland Heights eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the St. Louis County average of 5.6 and above 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 0.64x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 74th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189213204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189213204?
Census tract 29189213204 in Maryland Heights 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 29189213204?
Median gross rent is $1,061/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189213204?
17.5% of residents in tract 29189213204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,867.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189213204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 75th, minority 64th, housing 72th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189213204?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 406 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189213204 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.83% of renter households, peaking at 17.8% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189213204 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.64× 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 29189213204 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.0% 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. 12.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189213204 compare to Maryland Heights overall?
Tract 29189213204 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Maryland Heights at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Maryland Heights eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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