Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally
Ellisville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189221624 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 3,695 · 65% of tract blocks fall in Ellisville
Tract 29189221624, home to 3,695 residents in Ellisville, scores 5.8/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #26,954 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,274 a month against an average household income of $118,750 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 24% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,499
Renter share24.4%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$118,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
National
8
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ellisville and the region
Centroid at 38.5980, -90.6060 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ellisville scores 1.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ellisville
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,274 rent vs county FMR
5.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ellisville
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ellisville
5.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ellisville
4.4
How Ellisville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 22%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)
- 20Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.1%Peak (2017)
- 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 200% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 22Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.22×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near 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.
- 6.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.1%Food insecurity
- 3.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.4%Transit barriers
- 4.7%No health insurance
- 13.1%Frequent mental distress
- 29.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ellisville
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.2/10. 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 Ellisville, 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 riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 32nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.4% 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 29189221624
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189221624?
Census tract 29189221624 in Ellisville scores 1.7/10 (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 29189221624?
Median gross rent is $1,274/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189221624?
6.0% of residents in tract 29189221624 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,695.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189221624?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 81th, minority 28th, housing 22th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189221624?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 29189221624 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.25% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189221624 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.22× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon eviction laws, OR), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 29189221624 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.1% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189221624 compare to Ellisville overall?
Tract 29189221624 scores 1.7/10, lower than the parent city of Ellisville at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ellisville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ellisville
Top eight tracts in Ellisville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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