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Riverview Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City

Tract 20209042900 · Wyandotte County, KS · pop 4,255 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 20209042900 sits in the Riverview neighborhood of Kansas City eviction risk, Kansas eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of $1/10. That is riskier than about 75% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 66% of renter households, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $739 a month against an average household income of $35,902 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 54% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 18% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,588
Renter share54.1%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate37.9%
Median income$35,902

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 7 tracts In Riverview
High
Within parent city
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 61 tracts In Kansas City
Very High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#3 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 39.1151, -94.6357 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverview 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
37.9% poverty · this tract
9.5
Supply constraint
$739 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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.
Riverview risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.75.7This tracttract 042900Kansas City: 2.72.7Kansas Cityparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.53.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Riverview

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.5/10. 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 47% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

In CDC survey modeling, about 28.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 23.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 20209042900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20209042900?

Census tract 20209042900 in the Riverview 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 20209042900?

Median gross rent is $739/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 20209042900?

37.9% of residents in tract 20209042900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,255.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 20209042900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 93th, minority 87th, housing 85th.
Q5

Is tract 20209042900 considered part of Riverview?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20209042900 fall within Riverview (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 20209042900 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.4% 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. 23.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 20209042900 compare to Kansas City overall?

Tract 20209042900 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.
Q8

Was tract 20209042900 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. 47% 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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