Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Spanish Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29189210102 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 3,381 · 92% of tract blocks fall in Spanish Lake
Tract 29189210102 sits in Spanish Lake eviction risk, MO, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. Population here is 3,381. 38% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,526
Renter share51.4%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate28.0%
Median income$55,488
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Spanish Lake and the region
Centroid at 38.7790, -90.1941 · click any tract to drill in
Why Spanish Lake scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Spanish Lake
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
28.0% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$1,121 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Spanish Lake
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Spanish Lake
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Spanish Lake
7.9
How Spanish Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 82%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 893Total filings 2020-21
- 11.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 12.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.91×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Southwest Oregon, OR as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 30.7%Housing insecurity
- 25.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.7%Food insecurity
- 35.5%SNAP enrollment
- 20.0%Transit barriers
- 12.5%No health insurance
- 22.7%Frequent mental distress
- 46.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Spanish Lake
Against St. Louis County at 42.0%, 71% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. Housing insecurity runs 30.7% against 14.2% nationally.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 46.7% against 31.5% nationally. Against the St. Louis County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points.
Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10. The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Nationally it ranks #21,564 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.1/10. Statewide the MO average is 3.8, so this tract runs 1.9 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most 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 29189210102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189210102?
Census tract 29189210102 in Spanish Lake scores 5.7/10 (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 29189210102?
Median gross rent is $1,121/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189210102?
28.0% of residents in tract 29189210102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,381.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189210102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 82th, minority 82th, housing 77th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 29189210102 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.91× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon eviction laws, OR), 2020-2021.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29189210102 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.7% 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. 25.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 29189210102 compare to Spanish Lake overall?
Tract 29189210102 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Spanish Lake at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Spanish Lake eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Spanish Lake
Top eight tracts in Spanish Lake ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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