Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Cooper Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Springfield
Tract 29077002200 · Greene County, MO · pop 4,481 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
With a score of 3.9/10, tract 29077002200 in the Cooper Park area of Springfield, MO reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units2,006
Renter share54.9%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$45,705
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Springfield and the region
Centroid at 37.2306, -93.2429 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cooper Park scores 3.9
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
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,001 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Cooper Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 711Total filings over 9 yrs
- 6.72%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.4%Peak (2017)
- 104Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 86% 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.
- 15.0%Housing insecurity
- 10.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.1%Food insecurity
- 14.3%SNAP enrollment
- 10.7%Transit barriers
- 11.3%No health insurance
- 20.2%Frequent mental distress
- 39.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cooper Park
Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10.
Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Court records carry 711 eviction filings across 9 observed years. The worst year on record was 2017, when 7.4% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 6.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #50,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.1/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. 37% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
It tracks the Greene County average of 3.7 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 29077002200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29077002200?
Census tract 29077002200 in the Cooper Park neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (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 29077002200?
Median gross rent is $1,001/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29077002200?
13.8% of residents in tract 29077002200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,481.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29077002200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 37th, minority 41th, housing 95th.
Q5
Is tract 29077002200 considered part of Cooper Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29077002200 fall within Cooper Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29077002200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 711 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 29077002200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.72% of renter households, peaking at 7.4% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 29077002200 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.0% 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. 10.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29077002200 compare to Springfield overall?
Tract 29077002200 scores 3.9/10, 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 29077002200 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. 0% 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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