Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally

Benton Park West Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Louis

Tract 29510124200 · St. Louis city, MO · pop 3,881 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

With a score of 4.9/10, tract 29510124200 in the Benton Park West area of St. Louis, MO reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,881 residents. The score leans hardest on regional political climate at 8.3/10.

Risk score

4.9

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 31% Owners 38%

Tract context

Occupied units1,777

Renter share61.8%

SVI overall0.85

Poverty rate20.7%

Median income$39,949

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across St. Louis and the region

Centroid at 38.5988, -90.2284 · click any tract to drill in

Why Benton Park West scores 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

20.7% poverty · this tract

5.2

Supply constraint

$1,032 rent vs county FMR

3.5

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 Benton Park West compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 85

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

84%Socioeconomic
58%Household composition
74%Racial/ethnic minority
85%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
44%Grade C
56%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)

1,400Total filings over 13 yrs
13.95%Avg annual filing rate
20.7%Peak (2007)
111Filings in 2017 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2017

Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

298Total filings 2020-21
3.9Avg monthly (observed)
7.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.49×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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.

21.9%Housing insecurity
17.3%Utility-shutoff threat
23.7%Food insecurity
21.0%SNAP enrollment
13.9%Transit barriers
11.2%No health insurance
19.8%Frequent mental distress
35.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Benton Park West

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. 50% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the St. Louis City average of 41.6%.

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. 15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Court records carry 1,400 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Housing insecurity runs 21.9% against 14.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2007, when 20.7% of renter households were served.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 14.0% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 29510124200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29510124200?

Census tract 29510124200 in the Benton Park West neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 29510124200?

Median gross rent is $1,032/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 29510124200?

20.7% of residents in tract 29510124200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,881.

How socially vulnerable is tract 29510124200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 58th, minority 74th, housing 85th.

Is tract 29510124200 considered part of Benton Park West?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29510124200 fall within Benton Park West (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29510124200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,400 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 29510124200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.95% of renter households, peaking at 20.7% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 29510124200 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.49× 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.

What share of households in tract 29510124200 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.9% 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. 17.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 29510124200 compare to St. Louis overall?

Tract 29510124200 scores 4.9/10, 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 29510124200 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. 56% 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in St. Louis

Top eight tracts in St. Louis ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org