Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #80,791 of 84,120 nationally
Richmond Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189216600 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 2,283 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Richmond Heights
The Moderate-tier score of 5.2/10 for census tract 29189216600 reflects conditions in Richmond Heights, Missouri. It lands near the 46th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
23% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 2% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,906 a month while the average household earns $140,563 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 48% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,141
Renter share48.5%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate2.1%
Median income$140,563
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
4
th percentile
Very Low
National
4
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Richmond Heights and the region
Centroid at 38.6343, -90.3492 · click any tract to drill in
Why Richmond Heights scores 1.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Richmond Heights
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
2.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,906 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Richmond Heights
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Richmond Heights
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Richmond Heights
3.3
How Richmond Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 63%Grade A
- 23%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)
- 61Total filings over 8 yrs
- 2.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.2%Peak (2003)
- 2Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 93% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 31Total filings 2020-21
- 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.72×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.
- 4.8%Housing insecurity
- 3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.1%Food insecurity
- 2.3%SNAP enrollment
- 3.4%Transit barriers
- 3.5%No health insurance
- 12.2%Frequent mental distress
- 21.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Richmond Heights
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Richmond Heights, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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 safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.72x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189216600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189216600?
Census tract 29189216600 in Richmond Heights scores 1.3/10 (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 29189216600?
Median gross rent is $1,906/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189216600?
2.1% of residents in tract 29189216600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,283.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189216600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 11th, minority 35th, housing 57th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189216600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 61 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189216600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.60% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189216600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.72× 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 29189216600 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.8% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189216600 compare to Richmond Heights overall?
Tract 29189216600 scores 1.3/10, lower than the parent city of Richmond Heights at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Richmond Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 29189216600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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.
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