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Neighborhood

Eviction Risk in Cooper Park , Springfield

1 census tracts · pop 4,481 · pop-weighted composite 4.5/10 · range 4.5–4.5

Cooper Park is a white (non-hispanic) neighborhood in Springfield with 1 census tract and a population of 4,481 residents. The neighborhood's pop-weighted eviction-risk score of 4.5/10 (Moderate tier) blends state law, county-level filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden + poverty. 37% of renters here pay at least 30% of household income on rent, and 10% are severely cost-burdened (≥50% of income). Median gross rent of $1,001/month sits 4% higher than the Springfield citywide median ($964).

Eviction Risk
4.5
Moderate tier · pop-weighted across tracts
Rent burden
37%
10% severely burdened
Median rent
$1,001
Median household income
$45,705
13.8% below poverty line
Risk score comparison

Cooper Park vs. parent city, state, and U.S.

Composite landlord eviction-risk score (0–10 scale).

Cooper Park score vs. parent city, state, U.S.U.S. avg = 5.0Cooper Park: 4.54.5Cooper ParkNeighborhoodParent city: 4.14.1Parent cityhost cityState: 4.74.7Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.35.3U.S.national avg
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by composite score.

Peer · MO
Young-Lilly
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
2 tracts · pop. 8.9K
Peer · MO
Doling Park
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
1 tracts · pop. 3.0K
Peer · MO
Mark Twain
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
3 tracts · pop. 9.8K
Peer · MO
Seminole/Holland
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
1 tracts · pop. 3.7K
Comparison

Cooper Park vs Springfield

How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average.

Composite score
4.5 +10%
Springfield: 4.1
Rent burden
37.3% +27%
Springfield: 29.4%
Median gross rent
$1,001 +4%
Springfield: $964
Median HH income
$45,705 -1%
Springfield: $45,984
Poverty rate
13.8% -29%
Springfield: 19.4%
Renter share
54.9% -2%
Springfield: 56.1%
Where

Tract centroids in Cooper Park

Dot color = eviction risk score for that tract.

Demographics

Racial & ethnic composition

White (non-Hispanic) Neighborhood — 3,847 residents across all tracts in Cooper Park. Source: ACS 5-year 2023 (B03002).

Hispanic / Latino: 18.9% White (non-Hispanic): 69.2% Black (non-Hispanic): 2.8% Asian (non-Hispanic): 2.4% Other / Multiracial: 6.7%
  • Hispanic / Latino 18.9%
  • White (non-Hispanic) 69.2%
  • Black (non-Hispanic) 2.8%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 2.4%
  • Other / Multiracial 6.7%
Census tracts

1 tracts in Cooper Park

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop Rent burden Median rent
29077002200 4.5 4,481 37% $1,001
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 79

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 76%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 37%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 41%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 95%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Cooper Park

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 711Total filings (sum)
  • 6.72%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.4%Peak year (2017)
  • 7.37%Latest filed (2017)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Cooper Park

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Cooper Park

What is the eviction-risk score for Cooper Park?

Cooper Park scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted composite blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden and poverty signals.

How does Cooper Park compare to Springfield overall?

Cooper Park scores 0.4 points higher than Springfield overall (4.1/10). Rent burden: 37% vs 29% citywide. Median rent: $1,001 vs $964.

What is the median rent in Cooper Park?

Median gross rent in Cooper Park is $1,001/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Cooper Park residents are renters?

55% of Cooper Park households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Springfield). The neighborhood has 4,481 residents.

Is Cooper Park a high social-vulnerability area?

Cooper Park sits in the 79th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

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