Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Shawnee Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Kansas City
Tract 20209043400 · Wyandotte County, KS · pop 2,136 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
20209043400 is a census tract in the Shawnee Heights area of Kansas City, KS. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,136. 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 13%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units741
Renter share23.1%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$61,488
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.0531, -94.6572 · click any tract to drill in
Why Shawnee Heights 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
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,026 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Shawnee Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 27%Grade C
- 19%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)
- 10Total filings over 1 yrs
- 3.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.6%Peak (2016)
- 10Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Shawnee Heights. 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.
- 13.3%Housing insecurity
- 9.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.4%Food insecurity
- 7.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 14.2%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Shawnee Heights
Against Wyandotte County at 44.1%, 57% of renters here are cost-burdened. 25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.6/10. The filing record is not thin: 10 evictions over 1 years of observation.
SNAP participation runs 7.4% against 15.2% nationally. Against the Wyandotte County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. The worst year on record was 2016, when 3.6% of renter households were served.
Average gross rent is $1,026, 9% below the Kansas City average. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 3.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 23% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 20209043400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20209043400?
Census tract 20209043400 in the Shawnee Heights 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 20209043400?
Median gross rent is $1,026/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20209043400?
6.6% of residents in tract 20209043400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,136.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20209043400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 81th, minority 42th, housing 24th.
Q5
Is tract 20209043400 considered part of Shawnee Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20209043400 fall within Shawnee Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 20209043400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 10 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 20209043400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.60% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 20209043400 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.3% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 20209043400 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 20209043400 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 20209043400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 19% 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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