Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Baden Eviction Risk: Moderate , Bellefontaine Neighbors
Tract 29189210400 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 4,722 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Tract 29189210400, home to 4,722 residents in the Baden neighborhood of Bellefontaine Neighbors, scores 6.9/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #5,836 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 52% of renter households, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $792 a month against an average household income of $48,185 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,968
Renter share40.4%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate27.0%
Median income$48,185
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bellefontaine Neighbors and the region
Centroid at 38.7331, -90.2356 · click any tract to drill in
Why Baden scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bellefontaine Neighbors
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
27.0% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$792 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bellefontaine Neighbors
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bellefontaine Neighbors
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bellefontaine Neighbors
8.5
How Baden compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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)
- 357Total filings over 8 yrs
- 9.68%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.9%Peak (2017)
- 64Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 137% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 386Total filings 2020-21
- 5.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.53×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Southwest Oregon, OR as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 29.5%Housing insecurity
- 24.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.2%Food insecurity
- 35.2%SNAP enrollment
- 18.7%Transit barriers
- 11.5%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 46.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Baden
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Bellefontaine Neighbors, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the St. Louis County average of 5.6 and above the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 357 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 9.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.9% of renter households in 2017.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.53x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189210400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189210400?
Census tract 29189210400 in the Baden neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 29189210400?
Median gross rent is $792/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189210400?
27.0% of residents in tract 29189210400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,722.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189210400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 92th, minority 95th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 29189210400 considered part of Baden?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29189210400 fall within Baden (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189210400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 357 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189210400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.68% of renter households, peaking at 9.9% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29189210400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.53× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon eviction laws, OR), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29189210400 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.5% 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. 24.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29189210400 compare to Bellefontaine Neighbors overall?
Tract 29189210400 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Bellefontaine Neighbors at 3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bellefontaine Neighbors; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bellefontaine Neighbors
Top eight tracts in Bellefontaine Neighbors ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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