2 census tracts · pop 4,683 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.3/10
· range 3–4.8
Morris is a 2-tract neighborhood of Kansas City, KS, population 4,683. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.3/10, in the Moderate tier. 41% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, clearly above the Kansas City rate of 28.8%.
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3 to 4.8, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. The poverty rate is 25%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Running cool is supply constraint, at 2.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 18 evictions logged in this tract.
Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 45.0% of renter households. Well under the midpoint is housing-court posture, at 3/10.
Average gross rent is $1,008, 10% below the Kansas City average of $1,123. That places it #7 of 24 neighborhoods in Kansas City. Judgments average 25.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Only 18% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. For a like-for-like read, Volker and Cornado score within a fraction of it.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.8 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Morris vs Kansas CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority42%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport54%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Morris
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
18Total filings (sum)
45.00%Avg annual filing rate
45.0%Peak year (2016)
45.00%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Morris
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
16.9%Housing insecurity
13.7%Utility shutoff threat
22.1%Food insecurity
15.7%SNAP enrollment
15.4%No health insurance
35.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Morris
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Morris?
Morris scores 4.3/10 (Moderate 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 Morris compare to Kansas City overall?
Morris scores 0.9 points higher than Kansas City overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 41% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,008 vs $1,123.
Q3
What is the average rent in Morris?
Average gross rent in Morris is $1,008/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Morris residents are renters?
18% of Morris households are renter-occupied (vs 39% in Kansas City). The neighborhood has 4,683 residents.
Q5
Is Morris a high social-vulnerability area?
Morris sits in the 72nd 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 Morris have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Morris is census tract 20209044002 (score 4.8/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 4.8, a spread of 1.8 points.
Q7
How safe is Morris for landlords?
Morris carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.3/10). 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Morris?
Morris has 5,034 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (65.2%), Hispanic / Latino (28.2%), Other / Multiracial (3.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
