Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 29189218015 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189218015 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 2,576
Here is how census tract 29189218015, in St. Louis, looks to a landlord: a 5.4/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 2,576. It lands near the 53rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 75% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 43% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,631 a month against an average household income of $129,219 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 9% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,096
Renter share8.9%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate3.8%
Median income$129,219
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
National
7
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Louis County and the region
Centroid at 38.5864, -90.4766 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 29189218015 scores 1.6
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
3.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,631 rent vs county FMR
8.4
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 29189218015 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 0%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 2%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)
- 24Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.73×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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.
- 4.3%Housing insecurity
- 3.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 3.9%Food insecurity
- 2.3%SNAP enrollment
- 3.2%Transit barriers
- 3.3%No health insurance
- 11.4%Frequent mental distress
- 24.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 29189218015
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 8.4/10. 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 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 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 0.73x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 1st 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 29189218015
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189218015?
Census tract 29189218015 in St. Louis County 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 29189218015?
Median gross rent is $1,631/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189218015?
3.8% of residents in tract 29189218015 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,576.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189218015?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 16th, minority 27th, housing 2th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 29189218015 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.73× 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.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29189218015 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.3% 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. 3.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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