Within neighborhood
13
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Old Town Florissant Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189211331 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 6,539 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
Census tract 29189211331 covers part of the Old Town Florissant area of Florissant, MO, and scores 3.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.5/10.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units2,329
Renter share33.4%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$73,207
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
21
th percentile
Low
Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Florissant and the region
Centroid at 38.7985, -90.3537 · click any tract to drill in
Why Old Town Florissant scores 3.9
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
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,382 rent vs county FMR
6.4
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: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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)
- 364Total filings over 8 yrs
- 8.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.9%Peak (2017)
- 69Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 229% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 432Total filings 2020-21
- 5.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.29×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near 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.
- 14.8%Housing insecurity
- 10.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.9%Food insecurity
- 11.6%SNAP enrollment
- 9.2%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 35.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Old Town Florissant
22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.6/10.
Against St. Louis County at 42.0%, 36% of renters here are cost-burdened. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 364 filings here across 8 tracked years.
The voucher gap is 13.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Filings peaked in 2017 at 9.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 8.6% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #50,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 5.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
It tracks the St. Louis County average of 4.0 closely. Average gross rent is $1,382, close to the Florissant average.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $73,207.
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 29189211331
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189211331?
Census tract 29189211331 in the Old Town Florissant neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (Lower 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 29189211331?
Median gross rent is $1,382/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189211331?
6.6% of residents in tract 29189211331 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,539.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189211331?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 32th, minority 58th, housing 47th.
Q5
Is tract 29189211331 considered part of Old Town Florissant?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29189211331 fall within Old Town Florissant (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189211331?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 364 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189211331 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.59% of renter households, peaking at 9.9% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29189211331 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.29× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon eviction laws, OR), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29189211331 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.8% 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. 10.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29189211331 compare to Florissant overall?
Tract 29189211331 scores 3.9/10, right in line with 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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