Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Woodson Terrace Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29189213402 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 1,771 · 70% of tract blocks fall in Woodson Terrace
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 29189213402 in Woodson Terrace, MO reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 68% here against 42.0% across St. Louis County.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units664
Renter share36.0%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate19.3%
Median income$45,637
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Woodson Terrace and the region
Centroid at 38.7295, -90.3612 · click any tract to drill in
Why Woodson Terrace scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Woodson Terrace
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
19.3% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,094 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Woodson Terrace
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Woodson Terrace
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Woodson Terrace
7.5
How Woodson Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 2%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)
- 116Total filings 2020-21
- 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.76×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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.
- 25.3%Housing insecurity
- 19.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.9%Food insecurity
- 29.0%SNAP enrollment
- 16.9%Transit barriers
- 16.4%No health insurance
- 22.0%Frequent mental distress
- 46.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Woodson Terrace
Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.5/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10.
Disability prevalence runs 46.8% against 31.5% nationally. Against the St. Louis County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.1/10. Housing insecurity runs 25.3% against 14.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MO average is 3.8, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189213402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189213402?
Census tract 29189213402 in Woodson Terrace scores 5.4/10 (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 29189213402?
Median gross rent is $1,094/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189213402?
19.3% of residents in tract 29189213402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,771.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189213402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 82th, minority 76th, housing 2th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 29189213402 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.76× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon eviction laws, OR), 2020-2021.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29189213402 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.3% 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. 19.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 29189213402 compare to Woodson Terrace overall?
Tract 29189213402 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Woodson Terrace at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Woodson Terrace; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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