Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Hamilton Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wellston
Tract 29189213900 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 1,819 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Here is how census tract 29189213900, in Hamilton Heights in Wellston, looks to a landlord: a 7.3/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 1,819. It lands near the 97th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
51% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,043 a month against an average household income of $42,813 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 50% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.3
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
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
86
th percentile
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 5.3
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 heaviest input here is housing court bias at 9.3/10. 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 Wellston, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well above 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 38.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 32.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.25x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
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 5.3/10 (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 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Wellston at 2.8/10. 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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