Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Benton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29201781000 · Scott County, MO · pop 3,999 · 16% of tract blocks fall in Benton
In Benton, census tract 29201781000 scores 4.1/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 14% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 25% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $874 a month while the average household earns $63,374 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 24% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,581
Renter share24.5%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate16.5%
Median income$63,374
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Benton and the region
Centroid at 37.0894, -89.5103 · click any tract to drill in
Why Benton scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Benton
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
16.5% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$874 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Benton
2.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Benton
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Benton
2.9
How Benton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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)
- 53Total filings over 12 yrs
- 1.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.1%Peak (2007)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 67% over the past 12 months.
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.
- 12.7%Housing insecurity
- 9.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.3%Food insecurity
- 12.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 38.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Benton
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.6/10. 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 Benton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Scott County average of 4.5 and below the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 36th 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 53 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 1.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.1% of renter households in 2007.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29201781000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29201781000?
Census tract 29201781000 in Benton scores 3.6/10 (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 29201781000?
Median gross rent is $874/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29201781000?
16.5% of residents in tract 29201781000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,999.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29201781000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 29th, minority 17th, housing 47th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29201781000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 53 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 29201781000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.56% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29201781000 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.7% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 29201781000 compare to Benton overall?
Tract 29201781000 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Benton at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Benton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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