Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
West Alton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29183310100 · St. Charles County, MO · pop 2,295 · 19% of tract blocks fall in West Alton
Census tract 29183310100 covers part of West Alton, MO, and scores 3.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,295 residents. Cost burden runs 17% here against 36.4% across St. Charles County.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units924
Renter share7.0%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$88,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across West Alton and the region
Centroid at 38.8817, -90.3580 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Alton scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from West Alton
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,060 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Alton
1.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Alton
2.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Alton
1.6
How West Alton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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)
- 69Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.38%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.7%Peak (2012)
- 7Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 17% 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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.4%Food insecurity
- 8.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 38.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Alton
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Well under the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 1.6/10.
Average gross rent is $1,060, 23% below the West Alton average. Court records carry 69 eviction filings across 11 observed years.
SNAP participation runs 8.2% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2012 at 7.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #54,273 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 2.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $88,750, annual rent is just 14%.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
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 29183310100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29183310100?
Census tract 29183310100 in West Alton scores 3.7/10 (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 29183310100?
Median gross rent is $1,060/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29183310100?
6.6% of residents in tract 29183310100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,295.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29183310100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 11th, minority 5th, housing 29th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29183310100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 69 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 29183310100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.38% of renter households, peaking at 7.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29183310100 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 29183310100 compare to West Alton overall?
Tract 29183310100 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of West Alton at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Alton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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