Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Kirkwood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189218300 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 3,975
29189218300 is a census tract in Kirkwood, MO. It scores 3.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,975 residents. 40% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,848
Renter share34.5%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$80,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kirkwood and the region
Centroid at 38.5751, -90.4158 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kirkwood scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kirkwood
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,203 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kirkwood
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kirkwood
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kirkwood
4.7
How Kirkwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 96Total filings over 8 yrs
- 1.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2012)
- 9Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 28Total filings 2020-21
- 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.27×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
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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.8%Food insecurity
- 5.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 30.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kirkwood
56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the St. Louis County average of 42.0%. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.5/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10. Food insecurity runs 7.8% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 5.8% against 15.2% nationally.
Court records carry 96 eviction filings across 8 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,203, 11% below the Kirkwood average.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 3.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #56,048 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 4.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the St. Louis County average of 4.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $80,000.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189218300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189218300?
Census tract 29189218300 in Kirkwood scores 3.6/10 (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 29189218300?
Median gross rent is $1,203/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189218300?
10.0% of residents in tract 29189218300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,975.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189218300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 54th, minority 18th, housing 61th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189218300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 96 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189218300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.82% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189218300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.27× 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 29189218300 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189218300 compare to Kirkwood overall?
Tract 29189218300 scores 3.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Kirkwood at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kirkwood eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kirkwood
Top eight tracts in Kirkwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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