Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
St. John Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189213500 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 5,365 · 88% of tract blocks fall in St. John
Census tract 29189213500 sits in St. John, Missouri eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
64% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,164 a month while the average household earns $51,401 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 41% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units2,300
Renter share40.6%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate11.1%
Median income$51,401
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. John and the region
Centroid at 38.7149, -90.3446 · click any tract to drill in
Why St. John scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from St. John
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
11.1% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,164 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. John
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. John
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. John
2.4
How St. John compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 40%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 385Total filings over 8 yrs
- 9.32%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.9%Peak (2012)
- 55Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 62% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 348Total filings 2020-21
- 4.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.01×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near 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.
- 21.8%Housing insecurity
- 16.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.4%Food insecurity
- 23.1%SNAP enrollment
- 14.3%Transit barriers
- 12.6%No health insurance
- 21.4%Frequent mental distress
- 43.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in St. John
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 4.6/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from St. John, 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 safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 385 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 9.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.9% of renter households in 2012.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189213500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189213500?
Census tract 29189213500 in St. John scores 3.7/10 (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 29189213500?
Median gross rent is $1,164/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189213500?
11.1% of residents in tract 29189213500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,365.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189213500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 58th, minority 70th, housing 30th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189213500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 385 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189213500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.32% of renter households, peaking at 12.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189213500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.01× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon eviction laws, OR), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 29189213500 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.8% 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. 16.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189213500 compare to St. John overall?
Tract 29189213500 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of St. John at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. John; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 29189213500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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