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Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Wentzville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 29183312195 · St. Charles County, MO · pop 3,103 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Wentzville

29183312195 is a census tract in Wentzville, MO. It scores 4.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,103. Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.6/10.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 23% Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,510
Renter share42.5%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$48,446

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9 tracts In Wentzville
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 85 tracts In St. Charles County
Very High
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#373 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
High
National
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#39,308 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wentzville and the region

Centroid at 38.8153, -90.8590 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wentzville scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Wentzville
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,023 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wentzville
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wentzville
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wentzville
4.5

How Wentzville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wentzville risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.64.6This tracttract 312195Wentzville: 3.23.2Wentzvilleparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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)

  • 238Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 5.06%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.1%Peak (2008)
  • 17Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 291833121952003: 11 filings (3.23/100 renter HHs)2004: 20 filings (5.88/100 renter HHs)2005: 17 filings (5.07/100 renter HHs)2008: 34 filings (10.14/100 renter HHs)2009: 25 filings (7.46/100 renter HHs)2010: 20 filings (3.73/100 renter HHs)2011: 26 filings (4.88/100 renter HHs)2012: 17 filings (3.19/100 renter HHs)2013: 28 filings (5.25/100 renter HHs)2015: 23 filings (4.32/100 renter HHs)2017: 17 filings (2.49/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 55% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wentzville

Against St. Charles County at 36.4%, 45% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.1/10.

At $1,023 a month, rents run 24% under what the rest of Wentzville commands. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.2/10.

It sits 1.1 points above the St. Charles County average of 3.5. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 238 filings here across 11 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2008 at 10.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.1% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.4/10.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 29183312195

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29183312195?

Census tract 29183312195 in Wentzville scores 4.6/10 (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 29183312195?

Median gross rent is $1,023/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29183312195?

8.9% of residents in tract 29183312195 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,103.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29183312195?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 95th, minority 37th, housing 88th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29183312195?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 238 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 29183312195 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.06% of renter households, peaking at 10.1% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 29183312195 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.1% 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 29183312195 compare to Wentzville overall?

Tract 29183312195 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Wentzville at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wentzville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wentzville

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

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