Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Kirkwood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189218600 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 2,578
With a score of 3.9/10, tract 29189218600 in Kirkwood, MO reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,578 residents. Average gross rent is $729, 46% below the Kirkwood average.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,233
Renter share39.7%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate11.1%
Median income$73,356
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kirkwood and the region
Centroid at 38.5753, -90.3991 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kirkwood scores 3.9
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
11.1% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$729 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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)
- 115Total filings over 8 yrs
- 2.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2010)
- 11Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 57% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 41Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.57×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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.2%Food insecurity
- 6.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 33.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kirkwood
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. Against St. Louis County at 42.0%, 49% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Food insecurity runs 8.2% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 6.2% against 15.2% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 115 filings here across 8 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2010 at 3.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.6/10.
Rent consumes only 12% of average household income of $73,356, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189218600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189218600?
Census tract 29189218600 in Kirkwood scores 3.9/10 (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 29189218600?
Median gross rent is $729/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189218600?
11.1% of residents in tract 29189218600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,578.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189218600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 81th, minority 33th, housing 48th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189218600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 115 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189218600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.76% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189218600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.57× 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 29189218600 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189218600 compare to Kirkwood overall?
Tract 29189218600 scores 3.9/10, higher 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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