2 census tracts · pop 6,665 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.8/10
· range 4.8–4.8
Westside spans 2 census tracts of Springfield, MO and houses 6,665 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.8/10, in the Moderate tier. roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, markedly above the Springfield rate of 29.4%.
Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. 25% 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.
The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Well under the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength, at 2/10.
Disability prevalence reaches 48.4% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute. Court records carry 1,007 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.
On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.5/10. The worst year on record was 2017, when filings touched 10.0% of renter households.
Food insecurity affects 26.7% of adults, 8.9 points above the national rate. Average gross rent is $899, 7% below the Springfield average of $964.
Among the 25 mapped neighborhoods of Springfield, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third. Judgments average 5.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0 points apart at the extremes.
With little internal variation, 4.8/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Westside vs SpringfieldHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority25%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport73%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Westside
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,007Total filings (sum)
8.89%Avg annual filing rate
10.0%Peak year (2017)
8.52%Latest filed (2017)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Westside
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
19.1%Housing insecurity
15.9%Utility shutoff threat
26.3%Food insecurity
25.3%SNAP enrollment
13.3%No health insurance
48.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Westside
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Westside?
Westside scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Westside compare to Springfield overall?
Westside scores 1.4 points higher than Springfield overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 49% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $899 vs $964.
Q3
What is the average rent in Westside?
Average gross rent in Westside is $899/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Westside residents are renters?
49% of Westside households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Springfield). The neighborhood has 6,665 residents.
Q5
Is Westside a high social-vulnerability area?
Westside sits in the 86th 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.
Q6
Which tracts in Westside have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Westside is census tract 29077001700 (score 4.8/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.8 to 4.8, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Westside for landlords?
Westside carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.8/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Springfield as a whole (3.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Westside?
Westside has 7,035 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (82.4%), Hispanic / Latino (7.6%), Other / Multiracial (5.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
