Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally
Mehlville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189220442 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 4,724 · 57% of tract blocks fall in Mehlville
Mehlville is where census tract 29189220442 sits, home to 4,724 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.6/10. On the national scale it ranks #33,214 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
41% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $91,200 a year. Renters make up 2% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 98%
Tract context
Occupied units1,794
Renter share1.6%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate2.8%
Median income$91,200
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
31
th percentile
Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
National
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mehlville and the region
Centroid at 38.4768, -90.2910 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mehlville scores 1.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mehlville
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
2.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mehlville
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mehlville
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mehlville
4.7
How Mehlville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%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)
- 46Total filings over 8 yrs
- 6.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.5%Peak (2005)
- 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 30Total filings 2020-21
- 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.91×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. 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.
- 9.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 6.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 7.0%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 33.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mehlville
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.4/10. 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 Mehlville 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 25th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 46 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 6.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.5% of renter households in 2005.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189220442
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189220442?
Census tract 29189220442 in Mehlville scores 1.9/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 29189220442?
2.8% of residents in tract 29189220442 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,724.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189220442?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 55th, minority 5th, housing 42th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189220442?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 46 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189220442 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.52% of renter households, peaking at 10.5% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 29189220442 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.91× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon eviction laws, OR), 2020-2021.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29189220442 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.1% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 29189220442 compare to Mehlville overall?
Tract 29189220442 scores 1.9/10, lower than the parent city of Mehlville at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mehlville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Mehlville
Top eight tracts in Mehlville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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