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Westside Eviction Risk: Moderate , Springfield

Tract 29077003100 · Greene County, MO · pop 3,023 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 29077003100 covers part of the Westside area of Springfield, MO, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,023. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 26% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,342
Renter share37.5%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate27.2%
Median income$43,453

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Westside
Very Low
Within parent city
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#18 of 62 tracts In Springfield
Elevated
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 78 tracts In Greene County
High
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#288 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Springfield and the region

Centroid at 37.2048, -93.3400 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westside scores 4.8

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
27.2% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$926 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 Westside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Westside risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0031003.4Springfieldparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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)

  • 473Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 9.90%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.0%Peak (2017)
  • 67Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 29077003100
Filings climbed 81% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Westside. 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 Westside

Disability prevalence runs 51.2% against 31.5% nationally. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 41.2% across Greene County. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Greene County average of 3.7.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 473 filings here across 9 tracked years. Housing insecurity runs 21.3% against 14.2% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2017 at 10.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 9.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 29077003100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29077003100?

Census tract 29077003100 in the Westside neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 29077003100?

Median gross rent is $926/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29077003100?

27.2% of residents in tract 29077003100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,023.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29077003100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 64th, minority 30th, housing 46th.
Q5

Is tract 29077003100 considered part of Westside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29077003100 fall within Westside (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29077003100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 473 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 29077003100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.90% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 29077003100 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.3% 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. 17.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 29077003100 compare to Springfield overall?

Tract 29077003100 scores 4.8/10, 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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