Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Webster Groves Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189219502 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 2,540
For landlords sizing up Webster Groves in St. Louis County, census tract 29189219502 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.1/10. It lands near the 77th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 82% of renter households, a severe level, and 54% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $3,463 a month while the average household earns $71,250 a year, roughly 58% of income at the averages. Renters make up 45% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,342
Renter share44.9%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate4.3%
Median income$71,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
20
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Webster Groves and the region
Centroid at 38.5776, -90.3422 · click any tract to drill in
Why Webster Groves scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Webster Groves
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
4.3% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$3,463 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Webster Groves
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Webster Groves
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Webster Groves
5.0
How Webster Groves compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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.
- 0%Grade A
- 16%Grade B
- 42%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)
- 3Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.12×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.
- 4.9%Housing insecurity
- 3.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.0%Food insecurity
- 3.3%SNAP enrollment
- 3.8%Transit barriers
- 4.9%No health insurance
- 11.5%Frequent mental distress
- 36.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Webster Groves
What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. 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 Webster Groves eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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 4.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 31st 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189219502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189219502?
Census tract 29189219502 in Webster Groves 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 29189219502?
Median gross rent is $3,463/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 82% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189219502?
4.3% of residents in tract 29189219502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,540.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189219502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 33th, minority 23th, housing 73th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 29189219502 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.12× 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.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29189219502 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.9% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 29189219502 compare to Webster Groves overall?
Tract 29189219502 scores 2.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Webster Groves at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Webster Groves eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 29189219502 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. 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 Webster Groves
Top eight tracts in Webster Groves ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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