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Woodland Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Springfield

Tract 29077005600 · Greene County, MO · pop 3,232 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 29077005600 covers Woodland Heights in Springfield, home to 3,232 residents. For landlords it grades 4.6/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than about 26% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 37% of renter households, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $964 a month while the average household earns $54,530 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 60% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 38% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,649
Renter share60.0%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate15.9%
Median income$54,530

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Woodland Heights
Very Low
Within parent city
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#34 of 62 tracts In Springfield
Moderate
Within county
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#35 of 78 tracts In Greene County
Elevated
Within state
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#452 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Springfield and the region

Centroid at 37.2448, -93.3134 · click any tract to drill in

Why Woodland Heights scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
15.9% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$964 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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 Woodland Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Woodland Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.74.7This tracttract 005600Springfield: 2.52.5Springfieldparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 371Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 6.68%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.4%Peak (2010)
  • 39Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 290770056002009: 29 filings (7.77/100 renter HHs)2010: 55 filings (8.44/100 renter HHs)2011: 54 filings (8.53/100 renter HHs)2012: 47 filings (7.42/100 renter HHs)2013: 40 filings (6.32/100 renter HHs)2014: 34 filings (5.37/100 renter HHs)2015: 34 filings (5.37/100 renter HHs)2016: 39 filings (5.44/100 renter HHs)2017: 39 filings (5.44/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 34% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Woodland Heights. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Woodland Heights

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 4.7/10. 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 safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 65th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 29077005600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29077005600?

Census tract 29077005600 in the Woodland Heights neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 29077005600?

Median gross rent is $964/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29077005600?

15.9% of residents in tract 29077005600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,232.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29077005600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 21th, minority 11th, housing 91th.
Q5

Is tract 29077005600 considered part of Woodland Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29077005600 fall within Woodland Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29077005600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 371 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 29077005600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.68% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 29077005600 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.5% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 29077005600 compare to Springfield overall?

Tract 29077005600 scores 4.7/10, 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 29077005600 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. 19% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Springfield

Top eight tracts in Springfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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