Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Webster Groves Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189218901 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 3,861 · 48% of tract blocks fall in Webster Groves
Tract 29189218901 covers Webster Groves in Missouri. Home to 3,861 residents, it scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #36,408 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
29% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,347 a month against an average household income of $76,250 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 31% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
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 county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
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 2.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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
- 3%Grade B
- 45%Grade C
- 24%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)
- 121Total filings 2020-21
- 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.57×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.
- 12.6%Housing insecurity
- 9.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.4%Food insecurity
- 9.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 7.0%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 30.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Webster Groves
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 7.5/10. 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 Webster Groves eviction risk, 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 safer side for landlords.
Part of this tract, about 24% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189218901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189218901?
Census tract 29189218901 in Webster Groves scores 2.9/10 (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 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 2.9/10, higher than the parent city of Webster Groves at 2.5/10. 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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