Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Sherwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Springfield
Tract 29077005801 ·
Greene County, MO · pop 2,824 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
29077005801 is a census tract in the Sherwood area of Springfield, MO. It scores 4.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,824. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%Stable renters 33%Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units998
Renter share50.2%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate19.7%
Median income$45,980
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#2 of 3 tracts In Sherwood
Moderate
Within parent city
62th percentile
#24 of 62 tracts In Springfield
Elevated
Within county
69th percentile
#25 of 78 tracts In Greene County
Elevated
Within state
73th percentile
#450 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Springfield and the region
Centroid at 37.1765, -93.3260 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sherwood scores 4.4
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
19.7% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$890 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Sherwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
16.0%Housing insecurity
11.5%Utility-shutoff threat
18.0%Food insecurity
13.0%SNAP enrollment
10.6%Transit barriers
12.1%No health insurance
19.2%Frequent mental distress
37.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sherwood
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10. Cost burden runs 34% here against 41.2% across Greene County.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Against the Greene County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.7/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Average gross rent is $890, close to the Springfield average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $45,980.
50% 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 29077005801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29077005801?
Census tract 29077005801 in the Sherwood neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 29077005801?
Median gross rent is $890/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29077005801?
19.7% of residents in tract 29077005801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,824.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29077005801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 9th, minority 39th, housing 51th.
Q5
Is tract 29077005801 considered part of Sherwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29077005801 fall within Sherwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 29077005801 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.0% 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. 11.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 29077005801 compare to Springfield overall?
Tract 29077005801 scores 4.4/10, 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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