Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Murphy Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29099700210 · Jefferson County, MO · pop 3,890 · 90% of tract blocks fall in Murphy
29099700210 is a census tract in Murphy, MO. It scores 4.3/10 for landlords. 22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,590
Renter share20.2%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate15.8%
Median income$68,913
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
71
th percentile
Elevated
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Murphy and the region
Centroid at 38.4813, -90.4663 · click any tract to drill in
Why Murphy scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Murphy
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.3
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
15.8% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,282 rent vs county FMR
5.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Murphy
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Murphy
4.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Murphy
5.3
How Murphy compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 889Total filings over 14 yrs
- 23.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 26.4%Peak (2014)
- 58Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 22% over the past 14 months.
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.
- 12.8%Housing insecurity
- 9.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.3%Food insecurity
- 12.6%SNAP enrollment
- 9.2%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 39.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Murphy
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.3/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10.
Average gross rent is $1,282, 21% above the Murphy average. 27% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Jefferson County average of 32.9%.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.5/10. Court records carry 889 eviction filings across 14 observed years.
Against the Jefferson County average of 3.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. The worst year on record was 2014, when 26.4% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 24.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 20% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29099700210
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29099700210?
Census tract 29099700210 in Murphy scores 4.3/10 (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 29099700210?
Median gross rent is $1,282/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29099700210?
15.8% of residents in tract 29099700210 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,890.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29099700210?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 81th, minority 34th, housing 42th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29099700210?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 889 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29099700210 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 23.96% of renter households, peaking at 26.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29099700210 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.8% 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. 9.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 29099700210 compare to Murphy overall?
Tract 29099700210 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Murphy at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Murphy; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Murphy
Top eight tracts in Murphy ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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