Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
Mark Twain Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Louis
Tract 29510107500 · St. Louis city, MO · pop 1,539 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Mark Twain in St. Louis anchors census tract 29510107500, which lands at 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 41% of renter households, a severe level, and 41% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $903 a month against an average household income of $30,510 a year, roughly 36% of income at the averages. About 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units822
Renter share29.1%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate34.6%
Median income$30,510
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
85
th percentile
High
Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Louis and the region
Centroid at 38.6913, -90.2445 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mark Twain scores 5.9
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
34.6% poverty · this tract
8.6
Supply constraint
$903 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 Mark Twain compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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.
- 0%Grade A
- 100%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 589Total filings over 13 yrs
- 13.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.8%Peak (2007)
- 41Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 139Total filings 2020-21
- 1.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.54×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
Within Mark Twain. 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.
- 34.1%Housing insecurity
- 30.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 42.3%Food insecurity
- 44.6%SNAP enrollment
- 22.9%Transit barriers
- 12.9%No health insurance
- 20.2%Frequent mental distress
- 50.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mark Twain
What moves this score most is economic stress at 8.6/10. 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 589 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 13.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 17.8% of renter households in 2007.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.54x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
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 29510107500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29510107500?
Census tract 29510107500 in the Mark Twain neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 29510107500?
Median gross rent is $903/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29510107500?
34.6% of residents in tract 29510107500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,539.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29510107500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 56th, minority 94th, housing 44th.
Q5
Is tract 29510107500 considered part of Mark Twain?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29510107500 fall within Mark Twain (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29510107500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 589 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 29510107500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.11% of renter households, peaking at 17.8% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29510107500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.54× 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.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29510107500 struggle to pay rent?
About 34.1% 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. 30.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29510107500 compare to St. Louis overall?
Tract 29510107500 scores 5.9/10, 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 29510107500 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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