Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Kirkwood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189218500 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 5,090
29189218500 is a census tract in Kirkwood, MO. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,090 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.2/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units2,163
Renter share7.2%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$148,618
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
3
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 38.5933, -90.3987 · 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
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,226 rent vs county FMR
5.1
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: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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)
- 44Total filings over 8 yrs
- 2.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2010)
- 3Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 12Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.36×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.
- 5.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.9%Food insecurity
- 3.3%SNAP enrollment
- 3.9%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 12.8%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kirkwood
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. SNAP participation runs 3.3% against 15.2% nationally.
Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. It sits 1.0 points below the St. Louis County average of 4.0. Housing insecurity runs 5.5% against 14.2% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 44 filings here across 8 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,226, 9% below the Kirkwood average. The worst year on record was 2010, when 4.9% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189218500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189218500?
Census tract 29189218500 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 29189218500?
Median gross rent is $1,226/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189218500?
5.0% of residents in tract 29189218500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,090.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189218500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 33th, minority 21th, housing 15th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189218500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 44 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189218500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.05% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189218500 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 29189218500 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.5% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189218500 compare to Kirkwood overall?
Tract 29189218500 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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