Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Kirkwood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189218600 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 2,578
For landlords sizing up Kirkwood, census tract 29189218600 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. On the national scale it ranks #33,210 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 49% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $729 monthly, set against $73,356 in average yearly household income, roughly 12% of income at the averages. About 40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,233
Renter share39.7%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate11.1%
Median income$73,356
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kirkwood and the region
Centroid at 38.5753, -90.3991 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kirkwood scores 2.8
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
11.1% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$729 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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)
- 115Total filings over 8 yrs
- 2.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2010)
- 11Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 57% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 41Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.57×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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.2%Food insecurity
- 6.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 33.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kirkwood
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 6.1/10. 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 Kirkwood 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 riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.57x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189218600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189218600?
Census tract 29189218600 in Kirkwood scores 2.8/10 (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 29189218600?
Median gross rent is $729/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189218600?
11.1% of residents in tract 29189218600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,578.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189218600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 81th, minority 33th, housing 48th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189218600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 115 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189218600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.76% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189218600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.57× 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 29189218600 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189218600 compare to Kirkwood overall?
Tract 29189218600 scores 2.8/10, higher than the parent city of Kirkwood at 2.3/10. 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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