Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Kirkwood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189218401 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 4,414 · 68% of tract blocks fall in Kirkwood
With a score of 3/10, tract 29189218401 in Kirkwood, MO reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,414. The voucher gap is 37.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,600
Renter share7.4%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate1.8%
Median income$172,813
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kirkwood and the region
Centroid at 38.5948, -90.4337 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kirkwood scores 3
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
1.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,664 rent vs county FMR
8.7
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: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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)
- 29Total filings over 8 yrs
- 3.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.6%Peak (2012)
- 1Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 14Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.42×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.
- 5.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.4%Food insecurity
- 3.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.1%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 13.5%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kirkwood
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. On the high side, supply constraint reads 8.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10.
17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Average gross rent is $1,664, 23% above the Kirkwood average. Food insecurity runs 5.4% against 17.8% nationally.
Against St. Louis County at 42.0%, 36% of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 1.0 points below the St. Louis County average of 4.0.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 29 filings here across 8 tracked years. Housing insecurity runs 5.9% against 14.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 13.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.6% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189218401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189218401?
Census tract 29189218401 in Kirkwood 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 29189218401?
Median gross rent is $1,664/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189218401?
1.8% of residents in tract 29189218401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,414.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189218401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 34th, minority 38th, housing 36th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189218401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 29 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189218401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.59% of renter households, peaking at 13.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189218401 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.42× 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 29189218401 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.9% 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 29189218401 compare to Kirkwood overall?
Tract 29189218401 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Kirkwood at 3.4/10. 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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