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Census Tract · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally

Rolla Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 29161890800 · Phelps County, MO · pop 3,342 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Rolla

Census tract 29161890800 covers part of Rolla, MO, and scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,342 residents. 41% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 17% Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,224
Renter share56.0%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate28.8%
Median income$31,230

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9 tracts In Rolla
Very High
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#4 of 12 tracts In Phelps County
Elevated
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Very High
National
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#20,506 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Rolla and the region

Centroid at 37.9364, -91.7821 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rolla scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
28.8% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$648 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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.
Rolla risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.8This tracttract 8908004.4Rollaparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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)

  • 164Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 2.56%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.2%Peak (2016)
  • 25Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 29161890800
Filings climbed 67% over the past 11 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rolla

Against Phelps County at 42.8%, roughly two in three of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.

Against the Phelps County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points. The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8/10.

Disability prevalence runs 44.4% against 31.5% nationally. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.1/10. At $648 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Rolla commands.

Court records carry 164 eviction filings across 11 observed years. The worst year on record was 2016, when 4.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.6% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 76th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.9/10.

Statewide the MO average is 3.8, so this tract runs 2.0 points hotter.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 29161890800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29161890800?

Census tract 29161890800 in Rolla scores 5.8/10 (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 29161890800?

Median gross rent is $648/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29161890800?

28.8% of residents in tract 29161890800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,342.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29161890800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 11th, minority 17th, housing 96th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29161890800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 164 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 29161890800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.56% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 29161890800 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.2% 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. 13.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 29161890800 compare to Rolla overall?

Tract 29161890800 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Rolla at 4.4/10. 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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