Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
St. James Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29161890200 · Phelps County, MO · pop 4,782 · 78% of tract blocks fall in St. James
Tract 29161890200, home to 4,782 residents in St. James, scores 3.9/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 10% of US census tracts.
55% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $817 a month against an average household income of $55,328 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units2,006
Renter share36.0%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate16.0%
Median income$55,328
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. James and the region
Centroid at 37.9962, -91.6145 · click any tract to drill in
Why St. James scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from St. James
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
16.0% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$817 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. James
1.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. James
1.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. James
1.9
How St. James compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%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)
- 191Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2007)
- 15Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% over the past 11 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.
- 10.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.1%Food insecurity
- 10.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 9.0%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 40.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in St. James
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 4.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from St. James, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Phelps County average of 4.6 and below the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 191 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 2.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.7% of renter households in 2007.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 29161890200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29161890200?
Census tract 29161890200 in St. James scores 4.2/10 (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 29161890200?
Median gross rent is $817/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29161890200?
16.0% of residents in tract 29161890200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,782.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29161890200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 97th, minority 16th, housing 85th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29161890200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 191 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 29161890200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.48% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29161890200 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.9% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 29161890200 compare to St. James overall?
Tract 29161890200 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of St. James at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. James; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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