Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Kirkwood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189218300 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 3,975
Tract 29189218300 covers Kirkwood in St. Louis County in Missouri. Home to 3,975 residents, it scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #26,949 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
56% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 40% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,203 monthly, set against $80,000 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 34% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,848
Renter share34.5%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$80,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kirkwood and the region
Centroid at 38.5751, -90.4158 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kirkwood scores 2.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kirkwood
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,203 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kirkwood
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kirkwood
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kirkwood
4.7
How Kirkwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 96Total filings over 8 yrs
- 1.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2012)
- 9Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 28Total filings 2020-21
- 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.27×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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.8%Food insecurity
- 5.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 30.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kirkwood
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 6.1/10. 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 Kirkwood 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 riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 96 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 1.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.5% of renter households in 2012.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189218300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189218300?
Census tract 29189218300 in Kirkwood scores 2.7/10 (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 29189218300?
Median gross rent is $1,203/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189218300?
10.0% of residents in tract 29189218300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,975.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189218300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 54th, minority 18th, housing 61th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189218300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 96 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189218300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.82% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189218300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.27× 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 29189218300 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189218300 compare to Kirkwood overall?
Tract 29189218300 scores 2.7/10, higher than the parent city of Kirkwood at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kirkwood eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kirkwood
Top eight tracts in Kirkwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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