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Census Tract · Ranked #10,224 of 84,120 nationally

Independence Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 29095012000 · Jackson County, MO · pop 3,806

Census tract 29095012000 is in Independence, Missouri. It has a population of 3,806 and an eviction-risk score of 6.5/10 (Elevated tier). 66% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 48% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,013/month against a median household income of $60,789 — roughly 20% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 10% Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,532
Renter share27.7%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate26.7%
Median income$60,789

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
94 th percentile
Rank — 94th percentileBottomTop
#3 of 35 tracts In Independence
Very High
Within county
99 th percentile
Rank — 99th percentileBottomTop
#3 of 227 tracts In Jackson County
Very High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank — 98th percentileBottomTop
#43 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Very High
National
88 th percentile
Rank — 88th percentileBottomTop
#10,224 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Independence and the region

Centroid at 39.0600, -94.4590 · click any tract to drill in

Why Independence scores 6.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Independence
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
26.7% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$1,013 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Independence
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Independence
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Independence
6.6

How Independence compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Independence risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.56.5This tracttract 012000Independence: 6.16.1Independenceparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.84.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B — Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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.

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 528Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 10.16%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.8%Peak (2012)
  • 48Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 — 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 290950120002003: 29 filings (9.54/100 renter HHs)2004: 28 filings (9.21/100 renter HHs)2005: 15 filings (5.02/100 renter HHs)2006: 22 filings (7.36/100 renter HHs)2007: 40 filings (13.38/100 renter HHs)2008: 44 filings (14.72/100 renter HHs)2009: 29 filings (9.70/100 renter HHs)2010: 45 filings (11.28/100 renter HHs)2011: 37 filings (8.39/100 renter HHs)2012: 61 filings (13.83/100 renter HHs)2013: 40 filings (9.07/100 renter HHs)2014: 48 filings (10.88/100 renter HHs)2015: 42 filings (9.52/100 renter HHs)2017: 48 filings (10.39/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 66% over the past 14 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 249Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.07×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 — 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 5 filings (2.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 3 filings (1.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 2 filings (0.57× baseline)2020-08-01: 4 filings (2.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 5 filings (0.83× baseline)2020-10-01: 1 filings (0.29× baseline)2020-11-01: 2 filings (0.67× baseline)2020-12-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2021-01-01: 1 filings (0.25× baseline)2021-02-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2021-03-01: 7 filings (4.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 3 filings (1.71× baseline)2021-05-01: 2 filings (0.35× baseline)2021-06-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2021-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 3 filings (0.50× baseline)2021-10-01: 2 filings (0.57× baseline)2021-11-01: 4 filings (1.33× baseline)2021-12-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2022-01-01: 3 filings (0.75× baseline)2022-02-01: 6 filings (2.40× baseline)2022-03-01: 6 filings (3.43× baseline)2022-04-01: 6 filings (3.43× baseline)2022-05-01: 3 filings (0.52× baseline)2022-06-01: 16 filings (5.33× baseline)2022-07-01: 9 filings (2.57× baseline)2022-08-01: 8 filings (4.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 9 filings (1.50× baseline)2022-10-01: 6 filings (1.71× baseline)2022-11-01: 4 filings (1.33× baseline)2022-12-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 2 filings (0.50× baseline)2023-02-01: 2 filings (0.80× baseline)2023-03-01: 3 filings (1.71× baseline)2023-04-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2023-05-01: 7 filings (1.22× baseline)2023-06-01: 2 filings (0.67× baseline)2023-07-01: 1 filings (0.29× baseline)2023-08-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 3 filings (0.50× baseline)2023-10-01: 3 filings (0.86× baseline)2023-11-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2023-12-01: 9 filings (4.50× baseline)2024-01-01: 2 filings (0.50× baseline)2024-02-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2024-03-01: 3 filings (1.71× baseline)2024-04-01: 4 filings (2.29× baseline)2024-05-01: 8 filings (1.39× baseline)2024-06-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2024-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2024-09-01: 2 filings (0.33× baseline)2024-10-01: 5 filings (1.43× baseline)2024-11-01: 5 filings (1.67× baseline)2024-12-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2025-01-01: 1 filings (0.25× baseline)2025-02-01: 2 filings (0.80× baseline)2025-03-01: 6 filings (3.43× baseline)2025-04-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2025-05-01: 1 filings (0.17× baseline)2025-06-01: 3 filings (1.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 3 filings (0.86× baseline)2025-08-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2025-09-01: 2 filings (0.33× baseline)2025-10-01: 5 filings (1.43× baseline)2025-11-01: 3 filings (1.00× baseline)2025-12-01: 4 filings (2.00× baseline)2026-01-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Kansas City, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Tract · MO
29095013706
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
29095014503
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
Ivanhoe Northeast
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
29095011002
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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.

Frequently asked

About tract 29095012000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095012000?

Census tract 29095012000 in Independence scores 6.5/10 (Elevated 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 29095012000?

Median gross rent is $1,013/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29095012000?

26.7% of residents in tract 29095012000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,806.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29095012000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 94th, minority 52th, housing 39th.

Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095012000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 528 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095012000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.16% of renter households, peaking at 13.8% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 29095012000 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.07× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City eviction risk, MO), 2020-2021.

Q7

What share of households in tract 29095012000 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.3% 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. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q8

How does tract 29095012000 compare to Independence overall?

Tract 29095012000 scores 6.5/10 — higher than the parent city of Independence at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Independence eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Q9

Was tract 29095012000 historically redlined?

Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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 Independence

Top eight tracts in Independence ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Tract · MO
29095011405
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
29095015600
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
29095014503
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
29095011601
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
29095011002
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
29095012200
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
29095011501
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
29095014504
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Related
Parent city ↑
Independence
6.1 / 10
Parent county ↑
Jackson County
All tracts & cities in the county
Parent state ↑
Missouri
Statewide rollup · landlord law
Sibling tract →
Tract 29095013706
6.5 / 10
Sibling tract →
Tract 29095014503
6.5 / 10
Sibling tract →
Ivanhoe Northeast
6.4 / 10
Methodology
How the score is built
10 sub-signals · weighting · sources
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