Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Southern Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Springfield
Tract 29077002502 · Greene County, MO · pop 4,999 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
29077002502 is a census tract in the Southern Hills area of Springfield, MO. It scores 3.9/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,999. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units2,785
Renter share64.1%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate14.2%
Median income$47,242
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Springfield and the region
Centroid at 37.1719, -93.2331 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southern Hills 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
14.2% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$831 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Southern Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%Housing & transportation
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)
- 829Total filings over 9 yrs
- 6.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.4%Peak (2010)
- 81Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.1%Food insecurity
- 8.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 35.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Southern Hills
Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10.
12% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against Greene County at 41.2%, 46% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 829 filings here across 9 tracked years. Average gross rent is $831, 14% below the Springfield average. The worst year on record was 2010, when 8.4% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 6.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 5.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
It tracks the Greene County average of 3.7 closely. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $47,242.
64% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29077002502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29077002502?
Census tract 29077002502 in the Southern Hills 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 29077002502?
Median gross rent is $831/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29077002502?
14.2% of residents in tract 29077002502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,999.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29077002502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 57th, minority 8th, housing 52th.
Q5
Is tract 29077002502 considered part of Southern Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29077002502 fall within Southern Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29077002502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 829 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 29077002502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.35% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 29077002502 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29077002502 compare to Springfield overall?
Tract 29077002502 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.
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