Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Lemay Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29189220300 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 2,047 · 8% of tract blocks fall in Lemay
Census tract 29189220300 covers Lemay in St. Louis County, home to 2,047 residents. For landlords it grades 5.6/10, a moderate reading. It lands near the 61st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
41% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $983 a month while the average household earns $43,882 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 67% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units811
Renter share66.8%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate14.7%
Median income$43,882
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
55
th percentile
Moderate
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lemay and the region
Centroid at 38.5042, -90.2820 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lemay scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lemay
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
14.7% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$983 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lemay
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lemay
4.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lemay
5.0
How Lemay compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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
- 0%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 217Total filings over 8 yrs
- 4.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.7%Peak (2013)
- 29Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 21% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 299Total filings 2020-21
- 3.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.56×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.
- 15.8%Housing insecurity
- 11.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.6%Food insecurity
- 14.7%SNAP enrollment
- 10.6%Transit barriers
- 10.2%No health insurance
- 20.2%Frequent mental distress
- 39.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lemay
The heaviest input here is housing court bias at $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 Lemay 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 91st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 217 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 4.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.7% of renter households in 2013.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189220300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189220300?
Census tract 29189220300 in Lemay scores 4/10 (Moderate 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 29189220300?
Median gross rent is $983/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189220300?
14.7% of residents in tract 29189220300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,047.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189220300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 98th, minority 42th, housing 92th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189220300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 217 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189220300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.78% of renter households, peaking at 6.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189220300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.56× 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 29189220300 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.8% 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. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189220300 compare to Lemay overall?
Tract 29189220300 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Lemay at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lemay eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 29189220300 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 Lemay
Top eight tracts in Lemay ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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