Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Maryland Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189215144 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 5,605
Maryland Heights anchors census tract 29189215144, which lands at 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 49% of US census tracts.
About 44% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,144 monthly, set against $94,145 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 22% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units2,635
Renter share21.7%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate5.1%
Median income$94,145
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Maryland Heights and the region
Centroid at 38.7234, -90.4659 · click any tract to drill in
Why Maryland Heights scores 2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Maryland Heights
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
5.1% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,144 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Maryland Heights
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Maryland Heights
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Maryland Heights
2.9
How Maryland Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 269Total filings over 8 yrs
- 6.22%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.0%Peak (2012)
- 27Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 286% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 498Total filings 2020-21
- 6.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.54×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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.
- 9.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.9%Food insecurity
- 6.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 30.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Maryland Heights
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.4/10. 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 Maryland Heights eviction risk, 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.54x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189215144
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189215144?
Census tract 29189215144 in Maryland Heights scores 2/10 (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 29189215144?
Median gross rent is $1,144/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189215144?
5.1% of residents in tract 29189215144 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,605.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189215144?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 9th, minority 44th, housing 26th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189215144?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 269 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189215144 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.22% of renter households, peaking at 8.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189215144 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.54× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon eviction laws, OR), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 29189215144 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.9% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189215144 compare to Maryland Heights overall?
Tract 29189215144 scores 2/10, right in line with the parent city of Maryland Heights at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Maryland Heights eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Maryland Heights
Top eight tracts in Maryland Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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