Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Sappington Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189220703 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 2,750 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Sappington
How risky is Sappington for landlords? Census tract 29189220703 scores $1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 38% of US census tracts.
About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $976 a month against an average household income of $89,449 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 7% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,004
Renter share7.3%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate2.2%
Median income$89,449
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sappington and the region
Centroid at 38.5336, -90.3704 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sappington scores 2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sappington
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
2.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$976 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sappington
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sappington
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sappington
4.7
How Sappington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%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)
- 29Total filings over 8 yrs
- 3.32%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.9%Peak (2012)
- 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 21Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.88×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.0%Food insecurity
- 5.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 31.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sappington
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.8/10. 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 Sappington, 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 in line with the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 29 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 3.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.9% of renter households in 2012.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189220703
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189220703?
Census tract 29189220703 in Sappington scores 2/10 (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 29189220703?
Median gross rent is $976/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189220703?
2.2% of residents in tract 29189220703 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,750.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189220703?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 48th, minority 24th, housing 14th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189220703?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 29 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189220703 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.32% of renter households, peaking at 7.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189220703 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.88× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon eviction laws, OR), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 29189220703 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189220703 compare to Sappington overall?
Tract 29189220703 scores 2/10, lower than the parent city of Sappington at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sappington; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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