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Morris Eviction Risk: Lower , Kansas City

Tract 20209043802 · Wyandotte County, KS · pop 1,338 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 20209043802 in the Morris area of Kansas City, KS reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,338 residents. Against Wyandotte County at 44.1%, 20% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 15% Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units540
Renter share18.5%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$79,643

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Morris
Very Low
Within parent city
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#51 of 61 tracts In Kansas City
Very Low
Within county
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#56 of 64 tracts In Wyandotte County
Very Low
Within state
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#559 of 829 tracts In Kansas
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kansas City and the region

Centroid at 39.0563, -94.7339 · click any tract to drill in

Why Morris scores 3

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
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,223 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 Morris compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Morris risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0438023.4Kansas Cityparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 30

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 18Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 45.00%Avg annual filing rate
  • 45.0%Peak (2016)
  • 18Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Morris. 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 Morris

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. SNAP participation runs 6.7% against 15.2% nationally.

Court records carry 18 eviction filings across 1 observed years. It sits 0.8 points below the Wyandotte County average of 3.8.

The worst year on record was 2016, when 45.0% of renter households were served. At $1,223 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Kansas City commands. In a typical year about 45.0% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 19% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $79,643.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 20209043802

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20209043802?

Census tract 20209043802 in the Morris neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 20209043802?

Median gross rent is $1,223/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 20209043802?

10.7% of residents in tract 20209043802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,338.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 20209043802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 8th, minority 20th, housing 25th.
Q5

Is tract 20209043802 considered part of Morris?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20209043802 fall within Morris (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 20209043802?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 18 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 20209043802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 45.00% of renter households, peaking at 45.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 20209043802 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.4% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 20209043802 compare to Kansas City overall?

Tract 20209043802 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Kansas City at 3.4/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kansas City

Top eight tracts in Kansas City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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