Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Fountain Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Louis
Tract 29510112300 · St. Louis city, MO · pop 1,553 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
29510112300 is a census tract in the Fountain Park area of St. Louis, MO. It scores 4.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 1,553. 30% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units784
Renter share63.5%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate19.6%
Median income$42,292
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Louis and the region
Centroid at 38.6549, -90.2573 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fountain Park scores 4.7
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
19.6% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$845 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Fountain Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 99%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)
- 850Total filings over 13 yrs
- 11.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.3%Peak (2007)
- 49Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 261Total filings 2020-21
- 3.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.82×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.
- 28.6%Housing insecurity
- 22.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.8%Food insecurity
- 29.4%SNAP enrollment
- 17.5%Transit barriers
- 10.8%No health insurance
- 19.9%Frequent mental distress
- 41.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fountain Park
The score leans hardest on regional political climate at 8.3/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Housing insecurity runs 28.6% against 14.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 31.8% against 17.8% nationally. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 41.6% across St. Louis City.
The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Court records carry 850 eviction filings across 13 observed years.
At $845 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of St. Louis commands. Filings peaked in 2007 at 16.3% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 11.4% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29510112300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29510112300?
Census tract 29510112300 in the Fountain Park neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 29510112300?
Median gross rent is $845/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29510112300?
19.6% of residents in tract 29510112300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,553.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29510112300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 94th, minority 92th, housing 84th.
Q5
Is tract 29510112300 considered part of Fountain Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29510112300 fall within Fountain Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29510112300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 850 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 29510112300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.36% of renter households, peaking at 16.3% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29510112300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.82× 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 29510112300 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.6% 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. 22.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29510112300 compare to St. Louis overall?
Tract 29510112300 scores 4.7/10, 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 29510112300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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