Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Wydown Skinker Eviction Risk: Lower , Clayton
Tract 29189216402 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 2,874 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 29189216402, home to 2,874 residents in the Wydown Skinker area of Clayton, scores 5.5/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 57% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
29% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,720 a month while the average household earns $130,991 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 50% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,324
Renter share50.2%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$130,991
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Clayton and the region
Centroid at 38.6402, -90.3242 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wydown Skinker scores 1.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Clayton
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,720 rent vs county FMR
9.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Clayton
3.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Clayton
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Clayton
4.1
How Wydown Skinker compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 6%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 98%Grade A
- 2%Grade B
- 0%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 22Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.67×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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Wydown Skinker. 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.
- 5.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.0%Food insecurity
- 3.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.1%Transit barriers
- 3.7%No health insurance
- 12.9%Frequent mental distress
- 21.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wydown Skinker
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 9.2/10. 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 Clayton 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 7th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189216402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189216402?
Census tract 29189216402 in the Wydown Skinker neighborhood scores 1.6/10 (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 29189216402?
Median gross rent is $1,720/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189216402?
8.5% of residents in tract 29189216402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,874.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189216402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 28th, minority 54th, housing 6th.
Q5
Is tract 29189216402 considered part of Wydown Skinker?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29189216402 fall within Wydown Skinker (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189216402 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.67× 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.
Q7
What share of households in tract 29189216402 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.7% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189216402 compare to Clayton overall?
Tract 29189216402 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of Clayton at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clayton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 29189216402 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Clayton
Top eight tracts in Clayton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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