Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Festus Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29099700900 · Jefferson County, MO · pop 5,912 · 61% of tract blocks fall in Festus
Here is how census tract 29099700900, in Festus, looks to a landlord: a 4.6/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 5,912. It lands near the 26th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 24% of renter households, a moderate level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $775 a month while the average household earns $70,006 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units2,425
Renter share38.6%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate15.6%
Median income$70,006
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Festus and the region
Centroid at 38.2049, -90.4323 · click any tract to drill in
Why Festus scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Festus
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.3
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
15.6% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$775 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Festus
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Festus
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Festus
4.9
How Festus compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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)
- 422Total filings over 14 yrs
- 4.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.2%Peak (2004)
- 42Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 75% 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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 8.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.1%Food insecurity
- 10.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.2%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 38.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Festus
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. 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 Festus, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Jefferson County average of 4.7 and in line with the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 65th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.7% 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 29099700900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29099700900?
Census tract 29099700900 in Festus scores 3.8/10 (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 29099700900?
Median gross rent is $775/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29099700900?
15.6% of residents in tract 29099700900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,912.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29099700900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 93th, minority 16th, housing 77th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29099700900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 422 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29099700900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.31% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29099700900 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 29099700900 compare to Festus overall?
Tract 29099700900 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Festus at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Festus; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Festus
Top eight tracts in Festus ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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