Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Bridgeton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189213103 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 3,352
Census tract 29189213103 belongs to Bridgeton, Missouri. It is home to 3,352 residents and scores 5.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #30,012 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 36% of renter households, a high level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,170 a month against an average household income of $59,667 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,354
Renter share38.0%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$59,667
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bridgeton and the region
Centroid at 38.7496, -90.4100 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bridgeton scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bridgeton
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,170 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bridgeton
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bridgeton
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bridgeton
6.0
How Bridgeton 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.
- 30%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 412Total filings 2020-21
- 5.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.54×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
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.
- 15.9%Housing insecurity
- 12.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.3%Food insecurity
- 16.1%SNAP enrollment
- 10.5%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 39.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bridgeton
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Bridgeton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the St. Louis County average of 5.6 and above the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 44th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189213103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189213103?
Census tract 29189213103 in Bridgeton scores 3.4/10 (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 29189213103?
Median gross rent is $1,170/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189213103?
11.4% of residents in tract 29189213103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,352.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189213103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 81th, minority 58th, housing 31th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 29189213103 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.54× 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.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29189213103 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.9% 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. 12.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 29189213103 compare to Bridgeton overall?
Tract 29189213103 scores 3.4/10, higher than the parent city of Bridgeton at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bridgeton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bridgeton
Top eight tracts in Bridgeton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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