Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Woodland Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Springfield
Tract 29077005600 · Greene County, MO · pop 3,232 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
29077005600 is a census tract in the Woodland Heights area of Springfield, MO. It scores 3.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,232. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
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 parent city
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
58
th percentile
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 3.8
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
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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
- 19%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)
- 371Total filings over 9 yrs
- 6.68%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.4%Peak (2010)
- 39Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
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.
- 12.5%Housing insecurity
- 9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.4%Food insecurity
- 10.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 37.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Woodland Heights
Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10. The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. The filing record is not thin: 371 evictions over 9 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2010, when 8.4% 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.
On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.9/10.
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. Average gross rent is $964, close to the Springfield average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $54,530.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
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 3.8/10 (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 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 3.8/10, 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 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.
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