Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Valley Park Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29189218105 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 3,721 · 72% of tract blocks fall in Valley Park
29189218105 is a census tract in Valley Park, MO. It scores 4.7/10 for landlords. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units2,328
Renter share68.3%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$57,899
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
75
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
80
th percentile
High
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Valley Park and the region
Centroid at 38.5658, -90.4856 · click any tract to drill in
Why Valley Park scores 4.7
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
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,331 rent vs county FMR
6.0
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: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 47Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.60×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.
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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.7%Food insecurity
- 5.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 30.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Valley Park
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10. This is renter territory: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.8/10. Food insecurity runs 7.7% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 5.3% against 15.2% nationally. Cost burden runs 47% here against 42.0% across St. Louis County. It sits 0.7 points above the St. Louis County average of 4.0.
Nationally it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4/10. Statewide the MO average is 3.8, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189218105
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189218105?
Census tract 29189218105 in Valley Park scores 4.7/10 (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 29189218105?
Median gross rent is $1,331/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189218105?
7.1% of residents in tract 29189218105 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,721.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189218105?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 14th, minority 20th, housing 63th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 29189218105 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.60× 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.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29189218105 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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.
Q7
How does tract 29189218105 compare to Valley Park overall?
Tract 29189218105 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Valley Park at 4.2/10. 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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