2 census tracts · pop 4,207 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.2/10
· range 3–3.5
Brenner Heights is a 2-tract suburb of Kansas City, KS and houses 4,207 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3.2/10, placing it in the Lower tier. Against a Kansas City baseline of 28.8%, 62% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
36% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
Average gross rent is $869, 23% below the Kansas City average of $1,123. On the softer side is supply constraint, at 2.8/10. Court records carry 73 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.
The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 12.1% of renter households. Running cool is housing-court posture, at 3/10. Among the 24 mapped neighborhoods of Kansas City, it ranks #18 by risk, the lower third.
Judgments average 8.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Shawnee Heights and Owen Heights score within a fraction of it.
Rent takes 19% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.5 points apart at the extremes.
With little internal variation, 3.2/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Brenner Heights vs Kansas CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority73%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport55%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Brenner Heights
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
73Total filings (sum)
11.49%Avg annual filing rate
12.1%Peak year (2016)
11.49%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Brenner Heights
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
17.7%Housing insecurity
13.7%Utility shutoff threat
20.8%Food insecurity
13.2%SNAP enrollment
14.2%No health insurance
32.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Brenner Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Brenner Heights?
Brenner Heights scores 3.2/10 (Lower tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Brenner Heights compare to Kansas City overall?
Brenner Heights scores 0.2 points lower than Kansas City overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 62% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $869 vs $1,123.
Q3
What is the average rent in Brenner Heights?
Average gross rent in Brenner Heights is $869/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Brenner Heights residents are renters?
37% of Brenner Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 39% in Kansas City). The neighborhood has 4,207 residents.
Q5
Is Brenner Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Brenner Heights sits in the 71st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Brenner Heights have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Brenner Heights is census tract 20209044302 (score 3.5/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3.5, a spread of 0.5 points.
Q7
How safe is Brenner Heights for landlords?
Brenner Heights carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.2/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Kansas City as a whole (3.4/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Brenner Heights?
Brenner Heights has 3,989 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (38.3%), Hispanic / Latino (30.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (18.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
