Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally
Heart of the Westside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Springfield
Tract 29077001800 · Greene County, MO · pop 2,908 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
The Heart of the Westside area of Springfield is where census tract 29077001800 sits, home to 2,908 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.2/10. It lands near the 46th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $905 a month against an average household income of $32,591 a year, roughly 33% of income at the averages. Renters make up 61% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,216
Renter share60.9%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate37.3%
Median income$32,591
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Springfield and the region
Centroid at 37.2204, -93.3119 · click any tract to drill in
Why Heart of the Westside scores 6.1
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
37.3% poverty · this tract
9.3
Supply constraint
$905 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 Heart of the Westside compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 71
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 15%Grade C
- 78%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)
- 940Total filings over 9 yrs
- 13.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.6%Peak (2012)
- 124Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 82% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Heart of the Westside. 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.
- 23.1%Housing insecurity
- 19.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.3%Food insecurity
- 31.9%SNAP enrollment
- 17.8%Transit barriers
- 16.2%No health insurance
- 24.3%Frequent mental distress
- 51.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Heart of the Westside
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Springfield eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Greene County average of 4.7 and above the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 23.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 19.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 940 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 13.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 16.6% of renter households in 2012.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29077001800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29077001800?
Census tract 29077001800 in the Heart of the Westside neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 29077001800?
Median gross rent is $905/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29077001800?
37.3% of residents in tract 29077001800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,908.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29077001800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 26th, minority 14th, housing 60th.
Q5
Is tract 29077001800 considered part of Heart of the Westside?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29077001800 fall within Heart of the Westside (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29077001800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 940 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 29077001800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.11% of renter households, peaking at 16.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 29077001800 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.1% 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. 19.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29077001800 compare to Springfield overall?
Tract 29077001800 scores 6.1/10, higher than the parent city of Springfield at 2.5/10. 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 29077001800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 78% 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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6.3
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6.2
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6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.1
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6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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6
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