Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Benton Park Eviction Risk: Lower , St. Louis
Tract 29510124300 · St. Louis city, MO · pop 2,939 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
The Benton Park neighborhood of St. Louis is where census tract 29510124300 sits, home to 2,939 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.2/10. That is riskier than roughly 46% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,272 a month while the average household earns $100,753 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,578
Renter share34.6%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate11.5%
Median income$100,753
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Louis and the region
Centroid at 38.5952, -90.2208 · click any tract to drill in
Why Benton Park scores 3.4
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
11.5% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,272 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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
- 79%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)
- 695Total filings over 13 yrs
- 7.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.6%Peak (2004)
- 45Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 42% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 120Total filings 2020-21
- 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.52×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.
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.
- 10.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.7%Food insecurity
- 7.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 25.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Benton Park
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 5.5/10. 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 below 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 safer side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.52x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29510124300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29510124300?
Census tract 29510124300 in the Benton Park neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (Lower 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 29510124300?
Median gross rent is $1,272/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29510124300?
11.5% of residents in tract 29510124300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,939.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29510124300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 8th, minority 37th, housing 34th.
Q5
Is tract 29510124300 considered part of Benton Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29510124300 fall within Benton Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29510124300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 695 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 29510124300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.75% of renter households, peaking at 8.6% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29510124300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.52× 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 29510124300 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.9% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29510124300 compare to St. Louis overall?
Tract 29510124300 scores 3.4/10, right in line with 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 29510124300 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. 79% 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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