West Road Park Eviction Risk: Lower

At $1,241 a month, rents sit 27% over what the rest of Springfield commands. Cost burden runs 37% against 29.2% citywide, putting West Road Park 7.9% over its own city. 15% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.

On the softer side is rent-regulation exposure, at 2.5/10. SNAP participation is 5.2% of households versus 15.2% nationally.

4.3% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Among the 16 mapped neighborhoods of Springfield, it ranks #13 by risk, the lower third. The closest comparables inside the same city are Lake Knolls and Harrison Park.

Against average income of $90,921, annual rent is only 16%, a wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.