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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Maryland Heights Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 29189213202 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 7,354 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Maryland Heights

Tract 29189213202 sits in Maryland Heights eviction risk, MO, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Against St. Louis County at 42.0%, 19% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 22% Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units2,756
Renter share27.6%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate1.7%
Median income$97,197

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 11 tracts In Maryland Heights
Low
Within county
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#184 of 236 tracts In St. Louis County
Low
Within state
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#1,113 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Maryland Heights and the region

Centroid at 38.7265, -90.4374 · click any tract to drill in

Why Maryland Heights scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Maryland Heights
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
1.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,191 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Maryland Heights
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Maryland Heights
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Maryland Heights
2.9

How Maryland Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Maryland Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 2132023.6Maryland Heightsparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 241Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 4.20%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.8%Peak (2005)
  • 16Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 29189213202
Filings dropped 41% over the past 8 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 312Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.76×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 Maryland Heights

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.4/10. Against the St. Louis County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.

SNAP participation runs 6.3% against 15.2% nationally. Court records carry 241 eviction filings across 8 observed years. Food insecurity runs 9.6% against 17.8% nationally.

At $1,191 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Maryland Heights commands. Filings peaked in 2005 at 5.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.2% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.9/10.

Against average income of $97,197, annual rent is just 15%. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. 28% 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 29189213202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189213202?

Census tract 29189213202 in Maryland Heights scores 3/10 (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 29189213202?

Median gross rent is $1,191/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29189213202?

1.7% of residents in tract 29189213202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,354.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29189213202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 63th, minority 62th, housing 46th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189213202?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 241 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189213202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.20% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 29189213202 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.76× 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.
Q7

What share of households in tract 29189213202 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.6% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 29189213202 compare to Maryland Heights overall?

Tract 29189213202 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Maryland Heights at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Maryland Heights eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Maryland Heights

Top eight tracts in Maryland Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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