Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
Berdell Hills Eviction Risk: Elevated , Normandy
Tract 29189212300 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 5,008 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
29189212300 is a census tract in the Berdell Hills area of Normandy, MO. It scores 7.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,008 residents. It sits 3.3 points above the St. Louis County average of 4.0.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units2,712
Renter share57.9%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate20.1%
Median income$49,670
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Normandy and the region
Centroid at 38.7119, -90.2944 · click any tract to drill in
Why Berdell Hills scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Normandy
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
20.1% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$874 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Normandy
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Normandy
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Normandy
8.6
How Berdell Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 53%Grade A
- 13%Grade B
- 1%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 996Total filings over 8 yrs
- 8.14%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.1%Peak (2010)
- 101Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,501Total filings 2020-21
- 19.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 13.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.50×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 Berdell Hills. 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.
- 22.4%Housing insecurity
- 17.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.6%Food insecurity
- 22.2%SNAP enrollment
- 13.7%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 39.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Berdell Hills
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10. 30% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the St. Louis County average of 42.0%.
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.6/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10.
The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 996 filings here across 8 tracked years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Housing insecurity runs 22.4% against 14.2% nationally.
At $874 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Normandy commands. Filings peaked in 2010 at 14.1% of renter households.
This ground was mapped A ("Best") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for St. Louis. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 8.1% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189212300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189212300?
Census tract 29189212300 in the Berdell Hills neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (Elevated 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 29189212300?
Median gross rent is $874/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189212300?
20.1% of residents in tract 29189212300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,008.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189212300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 16th, minority 87th, housing 65th.
Q5
Is tract 29189212300 considered part of Berdell Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29189212300 fall within Berdell Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189212300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 996 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189212300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.14% of renter households, peaking at 14.1% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29189212300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.50× 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 29189212300 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.4% 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. 17.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29189212300 compare to Normandy overall?
Tract 29189212300 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Normandy at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Normandy; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 29189212300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Normandy
Top eight tracts in Normandy ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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