Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Cedar Hill Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29099700401 · Jefferson County, MO · pop 4,493 · 6% of tract blocks fall in Cedar Hill
Cedar Hill is where census tract 29099700401 sits, home to 4,493 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.3/10. That is riskier than about 49% of US census tracts.
61% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,053 monthly, set against $79,297 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 14% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,700
Renter share13.9%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$79,297
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
38
th percentile
Low
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cedar Hill and the region
Centroid at 38.3602, -90.7081 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cedar Hill scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cedar Hill
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.3
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,053 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cedar Hill
2.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cedar Hill
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cedar Hill
5.6
How Cedar Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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)
- 364Total filings over 14 yrs
- 22.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 48.0%Peak (2004)
- 26Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 11.5%Housing insecurity
- 8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.8%Food insecurity
- 10.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 39.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cedar Hill
The heaviest input here is housing court bias at 5.6/10. 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 Cedar Hill, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Jefferson County average of 4.7 and above the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 51st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29099700401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29099700401?
Census tract 29099700401 in Cedar Hill scores 3.2/10 (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 29099700401?
Median gross rent is $1,053/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29099700401?
10.4% of residents in tract 29099700401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,493.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29099700401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 18th, minority 5th, housing 71th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29099700401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 364 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29099700401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 22.25% of renter households, peaking at 48.0% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29099700401 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.5% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 29099700401 compare to Cedar Hill overall?
Tract 29099700401 scores 3.2/10, higher than the parent city of Cedar Hill at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cedar Hill; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Cedar Hill
Top eight tracts in Cedar Hill ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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