Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Jennings Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29189212002 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 2,989 · 48% of tract blocks fall in Jennings
With a score of $1/10, tract 29189212002 in Jennings ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,989 residents. That is riskier than roughly 94% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
71% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $952 a month while the average household earns $34,606 a year, roughly 33% of income at the averages. Renters make up 86% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 61%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 14%
Tract context
Occupied units1,601
Renter share86.2%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate23.8%
Median income$34,606
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
National
75
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jennings and the region
Centroid at 38.7349, -90.2669 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jennings scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Jennings
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
23.8% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$952 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Jennings
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Jennings
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Jennings
8.6
How Jennings compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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
- 1%Grade B
- 17%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)
- 1,605Total filings over 8 yrs
- 26.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 27.1%Peak (2017)
- 260Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 48% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,313Total filings 2020-21
- 17.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 12.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.37×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.
- 34.5%Housing insecurity
- 29.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 40.4%Food insecurity
- 41.5%SNAP enrollment
- 22.1%Transit barriers
- 12.4%No health insurance
- 23.0%Frequent mental distress
- 47.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Jennings
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. 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 Jennings, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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 Black and ranks around the 80th 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.37x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189212002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189212002?
Census tract 29189212002 in Jennings scores 5.3/10 (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 29189212002?
Median gross rent is $952/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189212002?
23.8% of residents in tract 29189212002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,989.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189212002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 73th, minority 90th, housing 37th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189212002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,605 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189212002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 26.15% of renter households, peaking at 27.1% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189212002 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.37× 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 29189212002 struggle to pay rent?
About 34.5% 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. 29.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189212002 compare to Jennings overall?
Tract 29189212002 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Jennings at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Jennings; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 29189212002 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 Jennings
Top eight tracts in Jennings ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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