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Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Webster Groves Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 29189218901 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 3,861 · 48% of tract blocks fall in Webster Groves

Tract 29189218901 sits in Webster Groves eviction risk, MO, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.6/10. Population here is 3,861. Cost burden runs 29% here against 42.0% across St. Louis County.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 22% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,802
Renter share30.6%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate12.6%
Median income$76,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 7 tracts In Webster Groves
Very High
Within county
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#72 of 236 tracts In St. Louis County
Elevated
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#373 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
High
National
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#39,308 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Webster Groves and the region

Centroid at 38.6084, -90.3535 · click any tract to drill in

Why Webster Groves scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Webster Groves
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
12.6% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,347 rent vs county FMR
6.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Webster Groves
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Webster Groves
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Webster Groves
5.0

How Webster Groves compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Webster Groves risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.6This tracttract 2189014.0Webster Grovesparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 17

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 121Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.57×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Webster Groves

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.5/10. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10. Average gross rent is $1,347, 18% below the Webster Groves average. 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.

That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.5/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the St. Louis County average of 4.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $76,250.

31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 29189218901

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189218901?

Census tract 29189218901 in Webster Groves scores 4.6/10 (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 29189218901?

Median gross rent is $1,347/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29189218901?

12.6% of residents in tract 29189218901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,861.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29189218901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 4th, minority 64th, housing 12th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 29189218901 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.57× 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 29189218901 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.6% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 29189218901 compare to Webster Groves overall?

Tract 29189218901 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Webster Groves at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Webster Groves eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 29189218901 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. 24% 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 Webster Groves

Top eight tracts in Webster Groves ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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