Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Botanical Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Louis
Tract 29510118100 · St. Louis city, MO · pop 1,190 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Eviction risk in the Botanical Heights neighborhood of St. Louis centers on tract 29510118100, which scores $1/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 1,190 residents. That is riskier than about 75% of US census tracts.
About 39% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,509 monthly, set against $75,000 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 61% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units794
Renter share60.7%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate22.5%
Median income$75,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Louis and the region
Centroid at 38.6236, -90.2539 · click any tract to drill in
Why Botanical Heights 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
22.5% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$1,509 rent vs county FMR
7.4
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 Botanical Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 1%Grade B
- 2%Grade C
- 37%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)
- 400Total filings over 13 yrs
- 9.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.3%Peak (2004)
- 17Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 62% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 199Total filings 2020-21
- 2.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.26×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near 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.
- 16.3%Housing insecurity
- 12.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.3%Food insecurity
- 13.1%SNAP enrollment
- 10.2%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 29.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Botanical Heights
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 7.4/10. 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 about the same as 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.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 59th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 16.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.4% 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 29510118100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29510118100?
Census tract 29510118100 in the Botanical Heights 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 29510118100?
Median gross rent is $1,509/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29510118100?
22.5% of residents in tract 29510118100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,190.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29510118100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 8th, minority 67th, housing 82th.
Q5
Is tract 29510118100 considered part of Botanical Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29510118100 fall within Botanical Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29510118100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 400 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 29510118100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.11% of renter households, peaking at 10.3% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29510118100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.26× 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 29510118100 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.3% 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. 12.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29510118100 compare to St. Louis overall?
Tract 29510118100 scores 4.7/10, 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 29510118100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 37% 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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