Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Baden Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Louis
Tract 29510108200 · St. Louis city, MO · pop 1,746 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
29510108200 is a census tract in the Baden area of St. Louis, MO. It scores 4.5/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,746 residents. Against St. Louis City at 41.6%, 64% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units804
Renter share33.1%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate17.6%
Median income$44,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
75
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Louis and the region
Centroid at 38.7184, -90.2399 · click any tract to drill in
Why Baden scores 4.5
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
17.6% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$469 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Baden compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 51%Grade A
- 49%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)
- 574Total filings over 13 yrs
- 10.19%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.4%Peak (2005)
- 36Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 166Total filings 2020-21
- 2.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.70×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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 Baden. 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.
- 24.7%Housing insecurity
- 19.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.3%Food insecurity
- 25.7%SNAP enrollment
- 15.0%Transit barriers
- 9.3%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 43.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Baden
Average gross rent is $469, 53% below the St. Louis average. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.
The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.3/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Housing insecurity runs 24.7% against 14.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 28.3% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 574 eviction filings across 13 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2005 at 15.4% of renter households. This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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 10.2% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #41,206 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.6/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 29510108200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29510108200?
Census tract 29510108200 in the Baden neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 29510108200?
Median gross rent is $469/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29510108200?
17.6% of residents in tract 29510108200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,746.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29510108200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 90th, minority 96th, housing 87th.
Q5
Is tract 29510108200 considered part of Baden?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29510108200 fall within Baden (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29510108200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 574 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 29510108200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.19% of renter households, peaking at 15.4% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29510108200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.70× 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 29510108200 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.7% 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. 19.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29510108200 compare to St. Louis overall?
Tract 29510108200 scores 4.5/10, higher 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 29510108200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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