Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
JeffVanderLou Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Louis
Tract 29510121200 · St. Louis city, MO · pop 2,135 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 29510121200 sits in the JeffVanderLou area of St. Louis, MO, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. It is home to 2,135 residents. Food insecurity runs 44.9% against 17.8% nationally.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 68%
Owners 6%
Tract context
Occupied units798
Renter share94.1%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate21.8%
Median income$31,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Louis and the region
Centroid at 38.6431, -90.2219 · click any tract to drill in
Why JeffVanderLou scores 5.2
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
21.8% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$779 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 JeffVanderLou 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.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 100%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 100%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)
- 831Total filings over 13 yrs
- 8.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.2%Peak (2004)
- 38Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 63% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 176Total filings 2020-21
- 2.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.56×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 JeffVanderLou. 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.
- 36.2%Housing insecurity
- 31.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 44.9%Food insecurity
- 46.7%SNAP enrollment
- 24.8%Transit barriers
- 14.3%No health insurance
- 22.5%Frequent mental distress
- 49.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in JeffVanderLou
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 31.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. This is renter territory: 94% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Against St. Louis City at 41.6%, 28% of renters here are cost-burdened.
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.4/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.3/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.
Average gross rent is $779, 22% below the St. Louis average. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 11% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
The filing record is not thin: 831 evictions over 13 years of observation. It sits 0.8 points above the St. Louis City average of 4.4.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 29510121200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29510121200?
Census tract 29510121200 in the JeffVanderLou neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 29510121200?
Median gross rent is $779/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29510121200?
21.8% of residents in tract 29510121200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,135.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29510121200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 96th, minority 100th, housing 59th.
Q5
Is tract 29510121200 considered part of JeffVanderLou?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29510121200 fall within JeffVanderLou (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29510121200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 831 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 29510121200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.15% of renter households, peaking at 11.2% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29510121200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.56× 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 29510121200 struggle to pay rent?
About 36.2% 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. 31.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29510121200 compare to St. Louis overall?
Tract 29510121200 scores 5.2/10, 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 29510121200 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. 100% 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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