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Meador Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Springfield

Tract 29077001301 · Greene County, MO · pop 2,514 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 4.2/10, tract 29077001301 in the Meador Park area of Springfield, MO reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,514 residents. The severe-burden share is 34%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 26% Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,295
Renter share58.6%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate16.5%
Median income$41,274

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Meador Park
Very Low
Within parent city
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#25 of 62 tracts In Springfield
Elevated
Within county
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#26 of 78 tracts In Greene County
Elevated
Within state
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#523 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Springfield and the region

Centroid at 37.1634, -93.2857 · click any tract to drill in

Why Meador Park scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Springfield
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
16.5% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,074 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Springfield
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Springfield
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Springfield
2.5

How Meador Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Meador Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.2This tracttract 0013013.4Springfieldparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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

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)

  • 277Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 5.40%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.7%Peak (2014)
  • 21Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 29077001301
Filings dropped 34% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Meador Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Meador Park

55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Greene County average of 41.2%. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. The filing record is not thin: 277 evictions over 9 years of observation.

At $1,074 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of Springfield commands. Filings peaked in 2014 at 8.7% of renter households.

In a typical year about 5.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 46th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.7/10. It tracks the Greene County average of 3.7 closely. Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $41,274.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 29077001301

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29077001301?

Census tract 29077001301 in the Meador Park neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 29077001301?

Median gross rent is $1,074/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29077001301?

16.5% of residents in tract 29077001301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,514.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29077001301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 58th, minority 46th, housing 44th.
Q5

Is tract 29077001301 considered part of Meador Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29077001301 fall within Meador Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29077001301?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 277 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 29077001301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.40% of renter households, peaking at 8.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 29077001301 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.4% 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. 11.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 29077001301 compare to Springfield overall?

Tract 29077001301 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Springfield at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Springfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Springfield

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

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