Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Hazelwood Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29189211401 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 4,736 · 73% of tract blocks fall in Hazelwood
29189211401 is a census tract in Hazelwood, MO. It scores 5.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,736 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.5/10.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units2,724
Renter share57.0%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$45,738
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hazelwood and the region
Centroid at 38.7940, -90.4225 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hazelwood scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hazelwood
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$895 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hazelwood
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hazelwood
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hazelwood
7.0
How Hazelwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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)
- 1,480Total filings over 8 yrs
- 16.14%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.6%Peak (2005)
- 174Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 24% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,184Total filings 2020-21
- 15.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 14.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.08×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.
- 17.1%Housing insecurity
- 12.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.2%Food insecurity
- 14.8%SNAP enrollment
- 11.0%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 37.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hazelwood
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.2/10.
It sits 1.3 points above the St. Louis County average of 4.0. 47% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the St. Louis County average of 42.0%.
The filing record is not thin: 1,480 evictions over 8 years of observation. At $895 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Hazelwood commands. Filings peaked in 2005 at 21.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 16.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.2/10.
Statewide the MO average is 3.8, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $45,738.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189211401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189211401?
Census tract 29189211401 in Hazelwood scores 5.3/10 (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 29189211401?
Median gross rent is $895/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189211401?
11.4% of residents in tract 29189211401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,736.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189211401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 66th, minority 58th, housing 37th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189211401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,480 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189211401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.14% of renter households, peaking at 21.6% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189211401 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.08× 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 29189211401 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.1% 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. 12.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189211401 compare to Hazelwood overall?
Tract 29189211401 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Hazelwood at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hazelwood eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hazelwood
Top eight tracts in Hazelwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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