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Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally

De Soto Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 29099701300 · Jefferson County, MO · pop 3,281 · 63% of tract blocks fall in De Soto

Census tract 29099701300 covers part of De Soto, MO, and scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,281. Against Jefferson County at 32.9%, 9% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 22% Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,269
Renter share24.7%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate15.9%
Median income$82,583

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In De Soto
Moderate
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 49 tracts In Jefferson County
High
Within state
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#483 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Elevated
National
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#44,239 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across De Soto and the region

Centroid at 38.1214, -90.5157 · click any tract to drill in

Why De Soto scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from De Soto
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.3
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
15.9% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$860 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from De Soto
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from De Soto
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from De Soto
5.1

How De Soto compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
De Soto risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.3This tracttract 7013003.6De Sotoparent city3.5Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 53

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

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)

  • 312Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 6.65%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.5%Peak (2014)
  • 23Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 29099701300
Filings climbed 28% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in De Soto

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.3/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.3/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 312 filings here across 14 tracked years. It sits 0.8 points above the Jefferson County average of 3.5. The worst year on record was 2014, when 9.5% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 6.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #44,239 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 25% 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.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.7/10. Against average income of $82,583, annual rent is just 12%. Average gross rent is $860, close to the De Soto average.

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 29099701300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29099701300?

Census tract 29099701300 in De Soto 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 29099701300?

Median gross rent is $860/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 9% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29099701300?

15.9% of residents in tract 29099701300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,281.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29099701300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 36th, minority 20th, housing 73th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29099701300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 312 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29099701300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.65% of renter households, peaking at 9.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 29099701300 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.9% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 29099701300 compare to De Soto overall?

Tract 29099701300 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of De Soto at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from De Soto; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in De Soto

Top eight tracts in De Soto ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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