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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Rolla Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 29161891000 · Phelps County, MO · pop 5,238 · 5% of tract blocks fall in Rolla

Census tract 29161891000 covers part of Rolla, MO, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,238 residents. The severe-burden share is 40%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 5% Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,976
Renter share14.4%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$83,871

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 9 tracts In Rolla
Very Low
Within county
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 12 tracts In Phelps County
Very Low
Within state
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#1,113 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Rolla and the region

Centroid at 37.8668, -91.6716 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rolla scores 3

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
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$496 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 / state3.0This tracttract 8910004.4Rollaparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 22

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)

  • 50Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 1.29%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.7%Peak (2012)
  • 5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 29161891000
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%, 65% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.

At $496 a month, rents run 37% under what the rest of Rolla commands. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.8/10.

Against the Phelps County average of 4.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. Food insecurity runs 8.8% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 6.3% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 50 filings here across 11 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2012 at 1.7% of renter households.

In a typical year about 1.3% of renter households face a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 29161891000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29161891000?

Census tract 29161891000 in Rolla scores 3/10 (Lower 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 29161891000?

Median gross rent is $496/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29161891000?

7.3% of residents in tract 29161891000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,238.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29161891000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 79th, minority 19th, housing 9th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29161891000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 50 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 29161891000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.29% of renter households, peaking at 1.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 29161891000 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.9% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 29161891000 compare to Rolla overall?

Tract 29161891000 scores 3/10, lower 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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