Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Bridgeton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189213203 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 4,518 · 73% of tract blocks fall in Bridgeton
Census tract 29189213203 runs through Bridgeton. With 4,518 residents, it scores 5.7/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #30,014 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
46% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $101,981 a year. Renters make up 1% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 98%
Tract context
Occupied units1,742
Renter share1.4%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate3.5%
Median income$101,981
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bridgeton and the region
Centroid at 38.7364, -90.4177 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bridgeton scores 2.1
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
3.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 68Total filings over 8 yrs
- 3.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.9%Peak (2012)
- 11Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 267% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 45Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.62×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.8%Food insecurity
- 6.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 6.1%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 32.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bridgeton
The score leans hardest on 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.62x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189213203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189213203?
Census tract 29189213203 in Bridgeton scores 2.1/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 29189213203?
3.5% of residents in tract 29189213203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,518.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189213203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 58th, minority 34th, housing 58th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189213203?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 68 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189213203 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.23% of renter households, peaking at 8.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 29189213203 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.62× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon eviction laws, OR), 2020-2021.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29189213203 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 29189213203 compare to Bridgeton overall?
Tract 29189213203 scores 2.1/10, lower 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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