Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally
Westheight Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 20209040600 · Wyandotte County, KS · pop 2,631 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 20209040600 belongs to the Westheight area of Kansas City, Kansas. It is home to 2,631 residents and scores 4.6/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 26% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 21% of renter households, a modest level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $871 a month while the average household earns $65,880 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 39% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units994
Renter share39.0%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate19.0%
Median income$65,880
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.1321, -94.6642 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westheight scores 4.4
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
19.0% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$871 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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 Westheight compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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
- 82%Grade C
- 7%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)
- 40Total filings over 1 yrs
- 12.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.5%Peak (2016)
- 40Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Westheight. 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.
- 26.7%Housing insecurity
- 20.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.8%Food insecurity
- 21.2%SNAP enrollment
- 16.0%Transit barriers
- 22.3%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 35.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westheight
What moves this score most is economic stress at 4.7/10. 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 below the Wyandotte County average of 5.2 and above the Kansas statewide average of 4.2. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 40 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 12.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.5% of renter households in 2016.
In CDC survey modeling, about 26.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 20.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 20209040600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20209040600?
Census tract 20209040600 in the Westheight neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 20209040600?
Median gross rent is $871/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20209040600?
19.0% of residents in tract 20209040600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,631.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20209040600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 89th, minority 93th, housing 21th.
Q5
Is tract 20209040600 considered part of Westheight?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20209040600 fall within Westheight (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 20209040600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 40 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 20209040600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.46% of renter households, peaking at 12.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 20209040600 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.7% 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. 20.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 20209040600 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 20209040600 scores 4.4/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 20209040600 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. 7% 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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