Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Boulevard Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Wilbur Park
Tract 29189219900 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 5,743 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Census tract 29189219900 sits in Boulevard Heights in Wilbur Park, Missouri eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. On the national scale it ranks #57,552 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 25% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,004 a month against an average household income of $81,042 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units2,331
Renter share16.1%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$81,042
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilbur Park and the region
Centroid at 38.5524, -90.3003 · click any tract to drill in
Why Boulevard Heights scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wilbur Park
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,004 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wilbur Park
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wilbur Park
3.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wilbur Park
4.4
How Boulevard Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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
- 0%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 124Total filings over 8 yrs
- 4.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.4%Peak (2010)
- 13Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 30% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 74Total filings 2020-21
- 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.60×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.
- 10.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.1%Food insecurity
- 8.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 34.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Boulevard Heights
The score leans hardest on housing court bias at 4.4/10. 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 Wilbur Park, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the St. Louis County average of 5.6 and in line with 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 0.60x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189219900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189219900?
Census tract 29189219900 in the Boulevard Heights neighborhood scores 2.5/10 (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 29189219900?
Median gross rent is $1,004/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189219900?
7.9% of residents in tract 29189219900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,743.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189219900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 74th, minority 35th, housing 15th.
Q5
Is tract 29189219900 considered part of Boulevard Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29189219900 fall within Boulevard Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189219900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 124 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189219900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.99% of renter households, peaking at 7.4% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29189219900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.60× 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.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29189219900 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.9% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29189219900 compare to Wilbur Park overall?
Tract 29189219900 scores 2.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Wilbur Park at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wilbur Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 29189219900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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