Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Berdell Hills Eviction Risk: Elevated , Normandy
Tract 29189212400 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 2,216 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
With a score of 6.6/10, tract 29189212400 in the Berdell Hills area of Normandy, MO reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units739
Renter share42.9%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$51,146
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Normandy and the region
Centroid at 38.7275, -90.2890 · click any tract to drill in
Why Berdell Hills scores 6.6
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
7.8% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,194 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 15%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)
- 303Total filings over 8 yrs
- 12.90%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.6%Peak (2017)
- 52Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 49% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 256Total filings 2020-21
- 3.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.25×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 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.
- 23.5%Housing insecurity
- 17.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.5%Food insecurity
- 21.3%SNAP enrollment
- 13.8%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 38.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Berdell Hills
It sits 2.6 points above the St. Louis County average of 4.0. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.6/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10. At $1,194 a month, rents run 19% over what the rest of Normandy commands.
Housing insecurity runs 23.5% against 14.2% nationally. 47% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the St. Louis County average of 42.0%. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 303 filings here across 8 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2017 at 15.6% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 12.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #14,906 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.4/10.
Statewide the MO average is 3.8, so this tract runs 2.8 points hotter. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $51,146. 43% 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 29189212400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189212400?
Census tract 29189212400 in the Berdell Hills neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 29189212400?
Median gross rent is $1,194/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189212400?
7.8% of residents in tract 29189212400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,216.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189212400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 46th, minority 91th, housing 33th.
Q5
Is tract 29189212400 considered part of Berdell Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29189212400 fall within Berdell Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189212400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 303 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189212400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.90% of renter households, peaking at 15.6% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29189212400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.25× 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 29189212400 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.5% 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. 17.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29189212400 compare to Normandy overall?
Tract 29189212400 scores 6.6/10, 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 29189212400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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