Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Old Town Florissant Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29189210925 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 4,738 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 29189210925 covers part of the Old Town Florissant area of Florissant, MO, and scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,738. 52% 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
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units2,041
Renter share40.5%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate17.2%
Median income$62,936
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Florissant and the region
Centroid at 38.8089, -90.3133 · click any tract to drill in
Why Old Town 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
17.2% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$991 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 Old Town Florissant compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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)
- 287Total filings over 8 yrs
- 6.14%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.3%Peak (2012)
- 54Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 125% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 561Total filings 2020-21
- 7.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.34×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
Within Old Town Florissant. 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
- 15.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.6%Food insecurity
- 17.9%SNAP enrollment
- 12.2%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 37.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Old Town Florissant
Against St. Louis County at 42.0%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.6/10. At $991 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Florissant commands. Against the St. Louis County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 287 filings here across 8 tracked years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 7.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5/10. Statewide the MO average is 3.8, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.
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 29189210925
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189210925?
Census tract 29189210925 in the Old Town Florissant neighborhood 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 29189210925?
Median gross rent is $991/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189210925?
17.2% of residents in tract 29189210925 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,738.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189210925?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 37th, minority 73th, housing 26th.
Q5
Is tract 29189210925 considered part of Old Town Florissant?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29189210925 fall within Old Town Florissant (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189210925?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 287 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189210925 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.14% of renter households, peaking at 7.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29189210925 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.34× 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 29189210925 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. 15.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29189210925 compare to Florissant overall?
Tract 29189210925 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
Top eight tracts in Florissant ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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4.6
/ 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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