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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Fenton Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 29189221423 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 4,097 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Fenton

With a score of 3/10, tract 29189221423 in Fenton, MO reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,097. Against St. Louis County at 42.0%, about one in five of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 10% Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,559
Renter share13.0%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$97,991

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Fenton
Very High
Within county
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#182 of 236 tracts In St. Louis County
Low
Within state
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#1,113 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fenton and the region

Centroid at 38.5285, -90.4507 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fenton scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Fenton
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,581 rent vs county FMR
8.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fenton
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fenton
3.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fenton
4.0

How Fenton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fenton risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 2214233.4Fentonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 16

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 46Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 2.15%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.5%Peak (2012)
  • 2Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 29189221423
Filings dropped 60% over the past 8 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 13Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.36×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fenton

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. The voucher gap is 30.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, supply constraint reads 8/10. Food insecurity runs 7.0% against 17.8% nationally. Against the St. Louis County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.

10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The filing record is not thin: 46 evictions over 8 years of observation. Housing insecurity runs 7.1% against 14.2% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2012 at 4.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 29189221423

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189221423?

Census tract 29189221423 in Fenton scores 3/10 (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 29189221423?

Median gross rent is $1,581/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29189221423?

3.7% of residents in tract 29189221423 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,097.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29189221423?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 8th, minority 22th, housing 44th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189221423?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 46 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189221423 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.15% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 29189221423 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.36× 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 29189221423 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.1% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 29189221423 compare to Fenton overall?

Tract 29189221423 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Fenton at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fenton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Fenton

Top eight tracts in Fenton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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