Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Valley Park Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189217942 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 5,353 · 17% of tract blocks fall in Valley Park
The Moderate-tier score of 5.6/10 for census tract 29189217942 reflects conditions in Valley Park, Missouri. On the national scale it ranks #33,208 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 32% of renter households, a high level, and 3% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,680 monthly, set against $111,346 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units2,468
Renter share15.8%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate2.0%
Median income$111,346
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Valley Park and the region
Centroid at 38.5590, -90.5141 · click any tract to drill in
Why Valley Park scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Valley Park
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
2.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,680 rent vs county FMR
8.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Valley Park
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Valley Park
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Valley Park
6.0
How Valley Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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)
- 88Total filings over 8 yrs
- 7.12%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.7%Peak (2006)
- 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 45% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 65Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.98×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.
- 6.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.9%Food insecurity
- 3.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.4%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 13.8%Frequent mental distress
- 25.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Valley Park
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength 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 Valley Park, 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.98x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 88 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 7.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 17.7% of renter households in 2006.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189217942
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189217942?
Census tract 29189217942 in Valley Park scores 2.2/10 (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 29189217942?
Median gross rent is $1,680/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189217942?
2.0% of residents in tract 29189217942 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,353.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189217942?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 29th, minority 20th, housing 21th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189217942?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 88 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189217942 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.12% of renter households, peaking at 17.7% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189217942 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.98× 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 29189217942 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.4% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189217942 compare to Valley Park overall?
Tract 29189217942 scores 2.2/10, lower than the parent city of Valley Park at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Valley Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Valley Park
Top eight tracts in Valley Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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