Westside Eviction Risk: Moderate , Springfield
Tract 29077003100 · Greene County, MO · pop 3,023 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
In the Westside area of Springfield, census tract 29077003100 scores 4.7/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 28th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 32% of renter households, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $926 a month against an average household income of $43,453 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Springfield and the region
Centroid at 37.2048, -93.3400 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westside scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Westside compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%Housing & transportation
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)
- 473Total filings over 9 yrs
- 9.90%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.0%Peak (2017)
- 67Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Westside. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 21.3%Housing insecurity
- 17.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.4%Food insecurity
- 30.1%SNAP enrollment
- 16.4%Transit barriers
- 15.3%No health insurance
- 22.2%Frequent mental distress
- 51.2%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Westside
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 6.8/10. 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 about the same as the Greene County average of 4.7 and in line with the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 78th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 473 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 9.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.0% of renter households in 2017.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
About tract 29077003100
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Top eight tracts in Springfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.