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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Boulevard Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , St. Louis

Tract 29510102300 · St. Louis city, MO · pop 2,568 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

29510102300 is a census tract in the Boulevard Heights area of St. Louis, MO. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,568. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.1/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 23% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units959
Renter share37.7%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$65,579

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Boulevard Heights
Very Low
Within parent city
2 th percentile
Rank, 2nd percentileLowHigh
#102 of 104 tracts In St. Louis
Very Low
Within county
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#85 of 104 tracts In St. Louis city
Very Low
Within state
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#1,113 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across St. Louis and the region

Centroid at 38.5642, -90.2834 · click any tract to drill in

Why Boulevard Heights scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from St. Louis
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.3
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,104 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Louis
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Louis
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Louis
5.0

How Boulevard Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Boulevard Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 1023004.2St. Louisparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 33

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 71Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 3.28%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.2%Peak (2010)
  • 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 29510102300
Filings dropped 25% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 43Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.10×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Southwest Oregon, OR as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Boulevard Heights. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Boulevard Heights

On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.3/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Against the St. Louis City average of 4.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.

Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 71 filings here across 13 tracked years. At $1,104 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of St. Louis commands.

Filings peaked in 2010 at 7.2% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for St. Louis. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

In a typical year about 3.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport 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.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 29510102300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29510102300?

Census tract 29510102300 in the Boulevard Heights neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 29510102300?

Median gross rent is $1,104/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29510102300?

4.5% of residents in tract 29510102300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,568.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29510102300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 56th, minority 66th, housing 17th.
Q5

Is tract 29510102300 considered part of Boulevard Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29510102300 fall within Boulevard Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29510102300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 71 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 29510102300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.28% of renter households, peaking at 7.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 29510102300 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.10× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon eviction laws, OR), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 29510102300 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.5% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 29510102300 compare to St. Louis overall?

Tract 29510102300 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of St. Louis at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. Louis eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10

Was tract 29510102300 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.
Sibling tracts

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Top eight tracts in St. Louis ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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