Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Jennings Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 29189212002 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 2,989 · 48% of tract blocks fall in Jennings
With a score of 6/10, tract 29189212002 in Jennings, MO reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Against St. Louis County at 42.0%, 71% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 61%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 14%
Tract context
Occupied units1,601
Renter share86.2%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate23.8%
Median income$34,606
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jennings and the region
Centroid at 38.7349, -90.2669 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jennings scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Jennings
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
23.8% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$952 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Jennings
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Jennings
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Jennings
8.6
How Jennings compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 1%Grade B
- 17%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 1,605Total filings over 8 yrs
- 26.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 27.1%Peak (2017)
- 260Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 48% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,313Total filings 2020-21
- 17.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 12.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.37×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.
- 34.5%Housing insecurity
- 29.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 40.4%Food insecurity
- 41.5%SNAP enrollment
- 22.1%Transit barriers
- 12.4%No health insurance
- 23.0%Frequent mental distress
- 47.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Jennings
SNAP participation runs 41.5% against 15.2% nationally. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. 86% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 29.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.8/10.
It sits 2.0 points above the St. Louis County average of 4.0. Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $34,606, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.6/10. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Court records carry 1,605 eviction filings across 8 observed years. Filings peaked in 2017 at 27.1% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for St. Louis. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 26.2% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189212002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189212002?
Census tract 29189212002 in Jennings scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 29189212002?
Median gross rent is $952/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189212002?
23.8% of residents in tract 29189212002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,989.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189212002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 73th, minority 90th, housing 37th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189212002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,605 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189212002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 26.15% of renter households, peaking at 27.1% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189212002 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.37× 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.
Q7
What share of households in tract 29189212002 struggle to pay rent?
About 34.5% 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. 29.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189212002 compare to Jennings overall?
Tract 29189212002 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Jennings at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Jennings; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 29189212002 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Jennings
Top eight tracts in Jennings ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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