Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 29189214902 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189214902 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 2,939
St. Louis in St. Louis County is where census tract 29189214902 sits, home to 2,939 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.8/10. On the national scale it ranks #57,543 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 31% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $956 monthly, set against $49,444 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 44%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,462
Renter share62.8%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$49,444
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Louis County and the region
Centroid at 38.6995, -90.3992 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 29189214902 scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$956 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 29189214902 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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)
- 415Total filings 2020-21
- 5.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.08×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.
- 17.6%Housing insecurity
- 12.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.3%Food insecurity
- 14.3%SNAP enrollment
- 10.9%Transit barriers
- 11.1%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 35.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 29189214902
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by Missouri eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the St. Louis County average of 5.6 and in line with the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 52nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.08x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189214902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189214902?
Census tract 29189214902 in St. Louis County scores 3.5/10 (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 29189214902?
Median gross rent is $956/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189214902?
10.3% of residents in tract 29189214902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,939.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189214902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 25th, minority 63th, housing 49th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 29189214902 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.08× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon eviction laws, OR), 2020-2021.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29189214902 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.6% 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. 12.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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