Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Lindenwood Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Shrewsbury
Tract 29189219602 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 2,783 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Census tract 29189219602 covers part of the Lindenwood Park area of Shrewsbury, MO, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,783 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,170
Renter share18.7%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$118,269
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Shrewsbury and the region
Centroid at 38.5941, -90.3266 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lindenwood Park scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Shrewsbury
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,196 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Shrewsbury
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Shrewsbury
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Shrewsbury
5.4
How Lindenwood Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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
- 34%Grade B
- 41%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 41Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.55×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.
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
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.0%Food insecurity
- 4.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 26.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lindenwood Park
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 7.0% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 4.7% against 15.2% nationally. Against the St. Louis County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 19% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 12% of average household income of $118,269, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. 42% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
Average gross rent is $1,196, close to the Shrewsbury average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189219602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189219602?
Census tract 29189219602 in the Lindenwood Park neighborhood scores 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 29189219602?
Median gross rent is $1,196/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189219602?
2.3% of residents in tract 29189219602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,783.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189219602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 8th, minority 47th, housing 15th.
Q5
Is tract 29189219602 considered part of Lindenwood Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29189219602 fall within Lindenwood Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189219602 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.55× 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 29189219602 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189219602 compare to Shrewsbury overall?
Tract 29189219602 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Shrewsbury at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Shrewsbury; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 29189219602 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 Shrewsbury
Top eight tracts in Shrewsbury ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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