Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Brentwood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189217300 ·
St. Louis County, MO · pop 2,734 · 88% of tract blocks fall in Brentwood
In Brentwood in St. Louis County, census tract 29189217300 scores 5.5/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 57% of US census tracts.
45% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,477 a month while the average household earns $85,304 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%Stable renters 22%Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,398
Renter share40.4%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$85,304
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100th percentile
#1 of 2 tracts In Brentwood
Very High
Within county
46th percentile
#129 of 236 tracts In St. Louis County
Moderate
Within state
20th percentile
#1,319 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Low
National
19th percentile
#68,306 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brentwood and the region
Centroid at 38.6205, -90.3412 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brentwood scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Brentwood
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,477 rent vs county FMR
7.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brentwood
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brentwood
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brentwood
3.0
How Brentwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
25%Socioeconomic
6%Household composition
37%Racial/ethnic minority
61%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.
2%Grade A
3%Grade B
34%Grade C
11%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)
90Total filings over 8 yrs
3.12%Avg annual filing rate
7.9%Peak (2004)
10Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2003 to 2017
Filings climbed 43% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
54Total filings 2020-21
0.7Avg monthly (observed)
0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.82×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Southwest Oregon, OR as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
8.5%Housing insecurity
6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
8.0%Food insecurity
5.8%SNAP enrollment
5.9%Transit barriers
5.3%No health insurance
15.5%Frequent mental distress
27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brentwood
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.7/10. 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 Brentwood, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 24th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 90 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 3.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.9% of renter households in 2004.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189217300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189217300?
Census tract 29189217300 in Brentwood scores 2.4/10 (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 29189217300?
Median gross rent is $1,477/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189217300?
7.4% of residents in tract 29189217300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,734.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189217300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 6th, minority 37th, housing 61th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189217300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 90 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189217300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.12% of renter households, peaking at 7.9% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189217300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.82× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon eviction laws, OR), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 29189217300 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189217300 compare to Brentwood overall?
Tract 29189217300 scores 2.4/10, higher than the parent city of Brentwood at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brentwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 29189217300 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. 11% 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 Brentwood
Top eight tracts in Brentwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.