Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 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
Census tract 29510124300 covers part of the Benton Park area of St. Louis, MO, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. 27% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the St. Louis City average of 41.6%.
Risk score
3
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
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
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
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
What pushes it up most is regional political climate at 8.3/10. At $1,272 a month, rents run 28% over what the rest of St. Louis commands.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against the St. Louis City average of 4.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. The filing record is not thin: 695 evictions over 13 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 9.7% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 7.2% against 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2004, when 8.6% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 7.7% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
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 3/10 (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 3/10, lower 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 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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