Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Florissant Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29189210923 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 5,148 · 65% of tract blocks fall in Florissant
With a score of 5.2/10, tract 29189210923 in Florissant, MO reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 39%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units2,198
Renter share26.6%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate17.6%
Median income$65,031
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Florissant and the region
Centroid at 38.8190, -90.3309 · click any tract to drill in
Why Florissant scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Florissant
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
17.6% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,568 rent vs county FMR
7.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Florissant
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Florissant
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Florissant
5.3
How Florissant compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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)
- 253Total filings over 8 yrs
- 9.32%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.5%Peak (2017)
- 64Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 300% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 455Total filings 2020-21
- 5.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.78×Ratio to 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.
- 19.8%Housing insecurity
- 15.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.3%Food insecurity
- 18.7%SNAP enrollment
- 12.4%Transit barriers
- 9.7%No health insurance
- 19.7%Frequent mental distress
- 39.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Florissant
Against St. Louis County at 42.0%, 82% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.5/10.
The voucher gap is 29.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.6/10.
Average gross rent is $1,568, 22% above the Florissant average. Against the St. Louis County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points.
The filing record is not thin: 253 evictions over 8 years of observation. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The worst year on record was 2017, when 14.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 9.3% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MO average is 3.8, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189210923
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189210923?
Census tract 29189210923 in Florissant scores 5.2/10 (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 29189210923?
Median gross rent is $1,568/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 82% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189210923?
17.6% of residents in tract 29189210923 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,148.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189210923?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 44th, minority 69th, housing 31th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189210923?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 253 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189210923 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.32% of renter households, peaking at 14.5% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189210923 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.78× 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 29189210923 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.8% 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. 15.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189210923 compare to Florissant overall?
Tract 29189210923 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Florissant at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Florissant eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Florissant
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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4
/ 10 · Moderate
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