Within neighborhood
63
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Old Town Florissant Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29189211101 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 7,928 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Census tract 29189211101 covers part of the Old Town Florissant area of Florissant, MO, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 7,928 residents. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units3,027
Renter share44.0%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$69,321
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Florissant and the region
Centroid at 38.7807, -90.3108 · click any tract to drill in
Why Old Town Florissant scores 4.2
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
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,333 rent vs county FMR
6.0
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: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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)
- 510Total filings over 8 yrs
- 8.07%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.7%Peak (2003)
- 83Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 835Total filings 2020-21
- 10.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.28×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.
- 17.4%Housing insecurity
- 12.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.7%Food insecurity
- 14.6%SNAP enrollment
- 10.7%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 36.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Old Town Florissant
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.5/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.6/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 510 filings here across 8 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2003, when 12.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 8.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 46% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. 42% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the St. Louis County average of 4.0 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,333, close to the Florissant average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $69,321. 44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189211101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189211101?
Census tract 29189211101 in the Old Town Florissant neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 29189211101?
Median gross rent is $1,333/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189211101?
9.0% of residents in tract 29189211101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,928.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189211101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 47th, minority 72th, housing 37th.
Q5
Is tract 29189211101 considered part of Old Town Florissant?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29189211101 fall within Old Town Florissant (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189211101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 510 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189211101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.07% of renter households, peaking at 12.7% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29189211101 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.28× 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 29189211101 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.4% 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. 12.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29189211101 compare to Florissant overall?
Tract 29189211101 scores 4.2/10, 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.
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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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