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Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally

Rolla Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 29161890900 · Phelps County, MO · pop 4,103

For landlords sizing up Rolla in Phelps County, census tract 29161890900 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.5/10. It lands near the 23rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 36% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $873 a month against an average household income of $64,586 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 15% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,765
Renter share22.8%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$64,586

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 9 tracts In Rolla
Very Low
Within county
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 12 tracts In Phelps County
Low
Within state
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#750 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Moderate
National
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#41,065 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Rolla and the region

Centroid at 37.9371, -91.7594 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rolla scores 4

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
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$873 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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 / stateThis tract: 4.04.0This tracttract 890900Rolla: 2.62.6Rollaparent cityCounty: 4.74.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 23

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)

  • 114Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 2.38%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.6%Peak (2015)
  • 7Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 291618909002004: 3 filings (0.75/100 renter HHs)2006: 7 filings (2.49/100 renter HHs)2007: 4 filings (1.42/100 renter HHs)2008: 8 filings (2.85/100 renter HHs)2010: 15 filings (3.29/100 renter HHs)2011: 12 filings (2.41/100 renter HHs)2012: 15 filings (3.02/100 renter HHs)2013: 11 filings (2.21/100 renter HHs)2014: 9 filings (1.81/100 renter HHs)2015: 23 filings (4.63/100 renter HHs)2016: 7 filings (1.25/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 133% 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

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 in line with the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 23rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 29161890900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29161890900?

Census tract 29161890900 in Rolla scores 4/10 (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 29161890900?

Median gross rent is $873/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29161890900?

7.0% of residents in tract 29161890900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,103.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29161890900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 67th, minority 19th, housing 11th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29161890900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 114 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 29161890900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.38% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 29161890900 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.7% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 29161890900 compare to Rolla overall?

Tract 29161890900 scores 4/10, 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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