Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #45,599 of 84,120 nationally
Lindenwood Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Shrewsbury
Tract 29189219602 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 2,783 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
The Lindenwood Park neighborhood of Shrewsbury is where census tract 29189219602 sits, home to 2,783 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.7/10. On the national scale it ranks #30,021 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,196 a month against an average household income of $118,269 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,170
Renter share18.7%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$118,269
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
75
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Shrewsbury and the region
Centroid at 38.5941, -90.3266 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lindenwood Park scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Shrewsbury
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,196 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Shrewsbury
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Shrewsbury
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Shrewsbury
5.4
How Lindenwood Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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
- 34%Grade B
- 41%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 · Princeton Eviction Lab
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.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020-2021)
- 41Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.55×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.
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
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.0%Food insecurity
- 4.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 26.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lindenwood Park
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.9/10. 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 Shrewsbury, 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.55x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 4th 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 29189219602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189219602?
Census tract 29189219602 in the Lindenwood Park neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (Moderate 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 29189219602?
Median gross rent is $1,196/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189219602?
2.3% of residents in tract 29189219602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,783.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189219602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 8th, minority 47th, housing 15th.
Q5
Is tract 29189219602 considered part of Lindenwood Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29189219602 fall within Lindenwood Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189219602 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.55× 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 29189219602 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189219602 compare to Shrewsbury overall?
Tract 29189219602 scores 4.4/10, lower than the parent city of Shrewsbury at 4.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Shrewsbury; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 29189219602 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.
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Highest-risk tracts in Shrewsbury
Top eight tracts in Shrewsbury ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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