Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Walnut Park West Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Louis
Tract 29510107300 · St. Louis city, MO · pop 4,283 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 29510107300 runs through the Walnut Park West neighborhood of St. Louis. With 4,283 residents, it scores 6.2/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #16,673 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
53% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,009 monthly, set against $40,077 in average yearly household income, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 52% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,830
Renter share52.0%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate24.6%
Median income$40,077
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
90
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Louis and the region
Centroid at 38.7074, -90.2552 · click any tract to drill in
Why Walnut Park West scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
24.6% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,009 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Walnut Park West compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%Housing & transportation
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.
- 26%Grade A
- 59%Grade B
- 15%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 1,140Total filings over 13 yrs
- 13.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.8%Peak (2007)
- 89Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 406Total filings 2020-21
- 5.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.99×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Southwest Oregon, OR as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 27.9%Housing insecurity
- 22.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.8%Food insecurity
- 29.7%SNAP enrollment
- 17.0%Transit barriers
- 10.5%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 43.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Walnut Park West
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 6.2/10. 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 St. Louis eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the St. Louis City County average of 5.8 and above the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.99x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
In CDC survey modeling, about 27.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 22.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 29510107300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29510107300?
Census tract 29510107300 in the Walnut Park West neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 29510107300?
Median gross rent is $1,009/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29510107300?
24.6% of residents in tract 29510107300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,283.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29510107300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 85th, minority 98th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 29510107300 considered part of Walnut Park West?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29510107300 fall within Walnut Park West (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29510107300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,140 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 29510107300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.73% of renter households, peaking at 19.8% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29510107300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.99× 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.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29510107300 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.9% 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. 22.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29510107300 compare to St. Louis overall?
Tract 29510107300 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of St. Louis at 3.3/10. 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 29510107300 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.
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