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Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally

Bellefontaine Neighbors Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 29189210805 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 7,032 · 5% of tract blocks fall in Bellefontaine Neighbors

29189210805 is a census tract in Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO. It scores 4.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 7,032 residents. Cost burden runs 57% here against 42.0% across St. Louis County.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 18% Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units2,497
Renter share41.9%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$77,811

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Bellefontaine Neighbors
Very Low
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#88 of 236 tracts In St. Louis County
Elevated
Within state
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#483 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Elevated
National
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#44,239 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Bellefontaine Neighbors and the region

Centroid at 38.7764, -90.2475 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bellefontaine Neighbors scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,340 rent vs county FMR
6.0
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 Bellefontaine Neighbors compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bellefontaine Neighbors risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.3This tracttract 2108054.2Bellefontaine Neigparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 56

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)

  • 721Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 12.71%Avg annual filing rate
  • 17.0%Peak (2017)
  • 181Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 29189210805
Filings climbed 159% over the past 8 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 1,046Total filings 2020-21
  • 13.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 7.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.84×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran above 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bellefontaine Neighbors

The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10.

Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10. 15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

At $1,340 a month, rents run 16% over what the rest of Bellefontaine Neighbors commands. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 721 filings here across 8 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2017 at 17.0% of renter households.

In a typical year about 12.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #44,239 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

It tracks the St. Louis County average of 4.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $77,811.

42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 29189210805

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189210805?

Census tract 29189210805 in Bellefontaine Neighbors scores 4.3/10 (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 29189210805?

Median gross rent is $1,340/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29189210805?

7.6% of residents in tract 29189210805 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,032.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29189210805?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 67th, minority 91th, housing 52th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189210805?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 721 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189210805 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.71% of renter households, peaking at 17.0% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 29189210805 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.84× 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.
Q7

What share of households in tract 29189210805 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.3% 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. 14.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 29189210805 compare to Bellefontaine Neighbors overall?

Tract 29189210805 scores 4.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Bellefontaine Neighbors at 4.2/10. 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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