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Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally

Webster Groves Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 29189219100 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 4,040 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Webster Groves

With a score of 3.3/10, tract 29189219100 in Webster Groves, MO reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,040 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.

Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 23% Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,836
Renter share32.0%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate3.6%
Median income$91,015

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 7 tracts In Webster Groves
Elevated
Within county
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#130 of 236 tracts In St. Louis County
Moderate
Within state
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#946 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Moderate
National
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#61,558 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Webster Groves and the region

Centroid at 38.6006, -90.3392 · click any tract to drill in

Why Webster Groves scores 3.3

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
3.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,141 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 / state3.3This tracttract 2191004.0Webster Grovesparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 11

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 52Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 2.00%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.4%Peak (2010)
  • 4Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 29189219100
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 8 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 19Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.49×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

Cost burden runs 29% here against 42.0% across St. Louis County. Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Average gross rent is $1,141, 31% below the Webster Groves average. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.1/10. SNAP participation runs 3.9% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 52 filings here across 8 tracked years.

Housing insecurity runs 6.7% against 14.2% nationally. It sits 0.7 points below the St. Louis County average of 4.0. The worst year on record was 2010, when 5.4% of renter households were served.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for St. Louis. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 2.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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 29189219100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189219100?

Census tract 29189219100 in Webster Groves scores 3.3/10 (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 29189219100?

Median gross rent is $1,141/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29189219100?

3.6% of residents in tract 29189219100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,040.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29189219100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 19th, minority 19th, housing 34th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189219100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 52 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189219100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.00% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 29189219100 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.49× 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 29189219100 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.7% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 29189219100 compare to Webster Groves overall?

Tract 29189219100 scores 3.3/10, lower 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.
Q9

Was tract 29189219100 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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 Webster Groves

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

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