Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Rountree/Walnut Eviction Risk: Moderate , Springfield
Tract 29077000900 · Greene County, MO · pop 5,350 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
29077000900 is a census tract in the Rountree/Walnut area of Springfield, MO. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,350. The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units2,683
Renter share78.0%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate29.4%
Median income$31,289
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
77
th percentile
High
Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Springfield and the region
Centroid at 37.2043, -93.2705 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rountree/Walnut scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
29.4% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$804 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Rountree/Walnut compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 35%Grade B
- 43%Grade C
- 22%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 570Total filings over 9 yrs
- 4.19%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.5%Peak (2016)
- 94Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 74% over the past 9 months.
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.
- 14.0%Housing insecurity
- 11.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.3%Food insecurity
- 14.6%SNAP enrollment
- 12.2%Transit barriers
- 9.4%No health insurance
- 21.9%Frequent mental distress
- 37.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rountree/Walnut
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. This is renter territory: 78% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Cost burden runs 50% here against 41.2% across Greene County. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Greene County average of 3.7.
At $804 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Springfield commands. Court records carry 570 eviction filings across 9 observed years. Filings peaked in 2016 at 5.5% of renter households.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Springfield. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 4.2% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29077000900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29077000900?
Census tract 29077000900 in the Rountree/Walnut 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 29077000900?
Median gross rent is $804/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29077000900?
29.4% of residents in tract 29077000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,350.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29077000900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 2th, minority 43th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 29077000900 considered part of Rountree/Walnut?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29077000900 fall within Rountree/Walnut (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29077000900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 570 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 29077000900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.19% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 29077000900 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.0% 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. 11.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29077000900 compare to Springfield overall?
Tract 29077000900 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.
Q9
Was tract 29077000900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 22% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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