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Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally

Bridgeton Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 29189213103 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 3,352

Census tract 29189213103 covers part of Bridgeton, MO, and scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,352. The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
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 parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Bridgeton
Elevated
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#63 of 236 tracts In St. Louis County
Elevated
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#337 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
High
National
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#37,882 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Bridgeton and the region

Centroid at 38.7496, -90.4100 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bridgeton scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Bridgeton risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.7This tracttract 2131033.8Bridgetonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 44

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bridgeton

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.5/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10.

Cost burden runs around a third here against 42.0% across St. Louis County. It sits 0.7 points above the St. Louis County average of 4.0.

On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.9/10. Statewide the MO average is 3.8, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,170, close to the Bridgeton average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $59,667.

38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 29189213103

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189213103?

Census tract 29189213103 in Bridgeton scores 4.7/10 (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 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 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Bridgeton at 3.8/10. 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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