2 census tracts · pop 5,535 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.2/10
· range 3–3.3
Shawnee Heights is a 2-tract suburb of Kansas City, KS and houses 5,535 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.2/10, Lower tier. Against a Kansas City baseline of 28.8%, 48% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. 20% 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.
On the softer side is economic stress, at 2.5/10. Court records carry 11 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 5.9% of renter households.
Running cool is housing-court posture, at 3/10. That places it #18 of 24 neighborhoods in Kansas City. Judgments average 4.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
At 26% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.3 points apart at the extremes. Average gross rent runs $1,157, close to the Kansas City average.
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
Shawnee Heights vs Kansas CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority55%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport35%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Shawnee Heights
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
11Total filings (sum)
5.00%Avg annual filing rate
5.9%Peak year (2016)
5.00%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Shawnee Heights
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
16.1%Housing insecurity
11.1%Utility shutoff threat
18.5%Food insecurity
9.9%SNAP enrollment
17.8%No health insurance
30.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Shawnee Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Shawnee Heights?
Shawnee 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 Shawnee Heights compare to Kansas City overall?
Shawnee Heights scores 0.2 points lower than Kansas City overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 48% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,157 vs $1,123.
Q3
What is the average rent in Shawnee Heights?
Average gross rent in Shawnee eviction risk Heights is $1,157/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Shawnee Heights residents are renters?
26% of Shawnee Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 39% in Kansas City). The neighborhood has 5,535 residents.
Q5
Is Shawnee Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Shawnee Heights sits in the 62nd 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 Shawnee Heights have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Shawnee Heights is census tract 20209043000 (score 3.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3.3, a spread of 0.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Shawnee Heights for landlords?
Shawnee eviction risk 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 Shawnee Heights?
Shawnee Heights has 5,489 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (55.5%), Hispanic / Latino (34.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (5.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
