Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Rolla Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29161890301 · Phelps County, MO · pop 3,600 · 77% of tract blocks fall in Rolla
For landlords sizing up Rolla, census tract 29161890301 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.4/10. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $849 monthly, set against $54,690 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 52% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,652
Renter share51.5%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$54,690
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rolla and the region
Centroid at 37.9406, -91.7440 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rolla scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rolla
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$849 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rolla
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rolla
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rolla
8.0
How Rolla compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.3%Food insecurity
- 9.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 36.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rolla
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Rolla eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Phelps County average of 4.6 and below the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 45th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29161890301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29161890301?
Census tract 29161890301 in Rolla scores 4.5/10 (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 29161890301?
Median gross rent is $849/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29161890301?
11.7% of residents in tract 29161890301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,600.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29161890301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 88th, minority 25th, housing 45th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 29161890301 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 29161890301 compare to Rolla overall?
Tract 29161890301 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Rolla at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rolla eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Rolla
Top eight tracts in Rolla ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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Schuman's Addition
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
29161890800
6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
Schuman's Addition
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
29161890100
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MO
29161890700
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MO
29161890900
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MO
29161891000
3.6
/ 10 · Low
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