Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Riverview Eviction Risk: Lower , Kansas City
Tract 20209041900 · Wyandotte County, KS · pop 1,697 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
20209041900 is a census tract in the Riverview area of Kansas City, KS. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 1,697. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units683
Renter share56.8%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate11.6%
Median income$65,060
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.1091, -94.6230 · click any tract to drill in
Why Riverview scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
11.6% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,233 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 Riverview compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 92%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 18Total filings over 1 yrs
- 6.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.7%Peak (2016)
- 18Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Riverview. 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.
- 18.8%Housing insecurity
- 13.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.0%Food insecurity
- 14.3%SNAP enrollment
- 12.0%Transit barriers
- 19.9%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 32.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Riverview
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10. Cost burden runs around a third here against 44.1% across Wyandotte County.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Adults with no health insurance runs 19.9% against 11.3% nationally.
Court records carry 18 eviction filings across 1 observed years. It sits 0.8 points below the Wyandotte County average of 3.8.
Average gross rent is $1,233, 10% above the Kansas City average. Filings peaked in 2016 at 6.7% of renter households.
This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Greater Kansas City. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 6.7% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $65,060.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 20209041900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20209041900?
Census tract 20209041900 in the Riverview 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 20209041900?
Median gross rent is $1,233/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20209041900?
11.6% of residents in tract 20209041900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,697.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20209041900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 54th, minority 75th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 20209041900 considered part of Riverview?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20209041900 fall within Riverview (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 20209041900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 18 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 20209041900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.69% of renter households, peaking at 6.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 20209041900 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.8% 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. 13.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 20209041900 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 20209041900 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.
Q9
Was tract 20209041900 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. 92% 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kansas City
Top eight tracts in Kansas City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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Riverview
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · KS
Riverview
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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Cornado
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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