Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Mehlville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29189220447 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 2,984
Tract 29189220447 sits in Mehlville eviction risk, MO, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.5/10. Population here is 2,984. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.1/10.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,497
Renter share37.0%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$68,558
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mehlville and the region
Centroid at 38.4887, -90.3421 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mehlville scores 3.5
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
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,217 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: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 124Total filings 2020-21
- 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.43×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.
- 9.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.1%Food insecurity
- 6.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 31.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mehlville
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
SNAP participation runs 6.4% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 9.1% against 17.8% nationally. Against St. Louis County at 42.0%, 47% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Average gross rent is $1,217, 14% above the Mehlville average. On the national scale it lands near the 31st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 1.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
It tracks the St. Louis County average of 4.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $68,558. 37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 29189220447
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189220447?
Census tract 29189220447 in Mehlville scores 3.5/10 (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 29189220447?
Median gross rent is $1,217/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189220447?
4.6% of residents in tract 29189220447 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,984.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189220447?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 6th, minority 6th, housing 10th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 29189220447 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.43× 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 29189220447 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 29189220447 compare to Mehlville overall?
Tract 29189220447 scores 3.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Mehlville at 3.5/10. 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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