Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Woodson Terrace Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29189213402 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 1,771 · 70% of tract blocks fall in Woodson Terrace
The Elevated-tier score of 6.4/10 for census tract 29189213402 reflects conditions in Woodson Terrace in St. Louis County, Missouri. On the national scale it ranks #12,736 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 68% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,094 monthly, set against $45,637 in average yearly household income, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units664
Renter share36.0%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate19.3%
Median income$45,637
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Woodson Terrace and the region
Centroid at 38.7295, -90.3612 · click any tract to drill in
Why Woodson Terrace scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Woodson Terrace
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
19.3% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,094 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Woodson Terrace
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Woodson Terrace
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Woodson Terrace
7.5
How Woodson Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 2%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)
- 116Total filings 2020-21
- 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.76×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.
- 25.3%Housing insecurity
- 19.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.9%Food insecurity
- 29.0%SNAP enrollment
- 16.9%Transit barriers
- 16.4%No health insurance
- 22.0%Frequent mental distress
- 46.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Woodson Terrace
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.7/10. 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 Woodson Terrace, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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 0.76x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
In CDC survey modeling, about 25.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 19.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189213402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189213402?
Census tract 29189213402 in Woodson Terrace scores 4.5/10 (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 29189213402?
Median gross rent is $1,094/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189213402?
19.3% of residents in tract 29189213402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,771.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189213402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 82th, minority 76th, housing 2th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 29189213402 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.76× 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.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29189213402 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.3% 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. 19.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 29189213402 compare to Woodson Terrace overall?
Tract 29189213402 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Woodson Terrace at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Woodson Terrace; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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