Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Hamilton Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wellston
Tract 29189213900 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 1,819 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
With a score of 5.8/10, tract 29189213900 in the Hamilton Heights area of Wellston, MO reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,819. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 32.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units705
Renter share50.4%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate34.8%
Median income$42,813
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wellston and the region
Centroid at 38.6745, -90.2935 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hamilton Heights scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wellston
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
34.8% poverty · this tract
8.7
Supply constraint
$1,043 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wellston
9.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wellston
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wellston
9.3
How Hamilton Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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
- 85%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)
- 512Total filings over 8 yrs
- 15.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.3%Peak (2013)
- 30Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 51% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 106Total filings 2020-21
- 1.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.25×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.
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.
- 38.0%Housing insecurity
- 32.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 47.1%Food insecurity
- 49.4%SNAP enrollment
- 25.6%Transit barriers
- 14.7%No health insurance
- 23.7%Frequent mental distress
- 51.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hamilton Heights
The dominant input is housing-court posture at 9.3/10. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Disability prevalence runs 51.6% against 31.5% nationally. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.2/10. The poverty rate is 35%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. It sits 1.8 points above the St. Louis County average of 4.0.
about half of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the St. Louis County average of 42.0%. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 512 filings here across 8 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 18.3% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for St. Louis. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
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 29189213900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189213900?
Census tract 29189213900 in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 29189213900?
Median gross rent is $1,043/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189213900?
34.8% of residents in tract 29189213900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,819.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189213900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 48th, minority 96th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 29189213900 considered part of Hamilton Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29189213900 fall within Hamilton Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189213900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 512 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189213900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.00% of renter households, peaking at 18.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29189213900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.25× 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.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29189213900 struggle to pay rent?
About 38.0% 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. 32.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29189213900 compare to Wellston overall?
Tract 29189213900 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Wellston at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wellston; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 29189213900 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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