Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Berkeley Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29189221800 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 3,364 · 48% of tract blocks fall in Berkeley
For landlords sizing up Berkeley, census tract 29189221800 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 7.4/10. That is riskier than about 98% of US census tracts.
62% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,012 a month against an average household income of $36,351 a year, roughly 33% of income at the averages. Renters make up 49% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,194
Renter share49.2%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate40.1%
Median income$36,351
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Berkeley and the region
Centroid at 38.7457, -90.3512 · click any tract to drill in
Why Berkeley scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Berkeley
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
40.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,012 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Berkeley
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Berkeley
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Berkeley
9.1
How Berkeley compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 6%Grade C
- 13%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)
- 636Total filings over 8 yrs
- 11.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.9%Peak (2006)
- 96Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 28% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 456Total filings 2020-21
- 5.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.43×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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.
- 33.3%Housing insecurity
- 28.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 40.4%Food insecurity
- 41.5%SNAP enrollment
- 22.5%Transit barriers
- 13.9%No health insurance
- 22.5%Frequent mental distress
- 48.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Berkeley
The heaviest input here is economic stress 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 Berkeley, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 13% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 636 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 11.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 15.9% of renter households in 2006.
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 29189221800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189221800?
Census tract 29189221800 in Berkeley scores 5.7/10 (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 29189221800?
Median gross rent is $1,012/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29189221800?
40.1% of residents in tract 29189221800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,364.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29189221800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 73th, minority 95th, housing 52th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29189221800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 636 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 29189221800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.80% of renter households, peaking at 15.9% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29189221800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.43× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon eviction laws, OR), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 29189221800 struggle to pay rent?
About 33.3% 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. 28.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29189221800 compare to Berkeley overall?
Tract 29189221800 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Berkeley at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Berkeley; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 29189221800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 13% 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 Berkeley
Top eight tracts in Berkeley ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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