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Armourdale Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City

Tract 20209042600 · Wyandotte County, KS · pop 2,227 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

The Armourdale neighborhood of Kansas City anchors census tract 20209042600, which lands at $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 75th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 76% of renter households, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $905 a month while the average household earns $32,188 a year, roughly 34% of income at the averages. About 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 12% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units965
Renter share49.9%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate37.0%
Median income$32,188

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Armourdale
Very High
Within parent city
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 61 tracts In Kansas City
Very High
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 64 tracts In Wyandotte County
Very High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#37 of 829 tracts In Kansas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kansas City and the region

Centroid at 39.0835, -94.6359 · click any tract to drill in

Why Armourdale scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Kansas City
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Kansas legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
37.0% poverty · this tract
9.2
Supply constraint
$905 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kansas City
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kansas City
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kansas City
3.0

How Armourdale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Armourdale risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.75.7This tracttract 042600Kansas City: 2.72.7Kansas Cityparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.53.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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)

  • 9Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 2.44%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.4%Peak (2016)
  • 9Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Armourdale. 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 Armourdale

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 9.2/10. 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 Kansas City eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Wyandotte County average of 5.2 and above the Kansas statewide average of 4.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 30.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 22.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 93rd 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.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 20209042600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20209042600?

Census tract 20209042600 in the Armourdale neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 20209042600?

Median gross rent is $905/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 20209042600?

37.0% of residents in tract 20209042600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,227.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 20209042600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 95th, minority 81th, housing 49th.
Q5

Is tract 20209042600 considered part of Armourdale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20209042600 fall within Armourdale (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 20209042600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 9 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 20209042600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.44% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 20209042600 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.6% 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. 22.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 20209042600 compare to Kansas City overall?

Tract 20209042600 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Kansas City at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kansas City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 20209042600 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. 83% 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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