Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #11,747 of 84,120 nationally
Independence Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 29095012200 · Jackson County, MO · pop 7,115
Census tract 29095012200 is in Independence, Missouri. It has a population of 7,115 and an eviction-risk score of 6.4/10 (Elevated tier). 57% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 30% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,257/month against a median household income of $65,873 — roughly 23% rent-to-income at the medians.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,637
Renter share28.6%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate21.1%
Median income$65,873
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
National
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Independence and the region
Centroid at 39.0615, -94.4230 · click any tract to drill in
Why Independence scores 6.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
21.1% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$1,257 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 1%Grade C
- 15%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 · 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)
- 759Total filings over 14 yrs
- 10.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.3%Peak (2008)
- 56Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 133% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 226Total filings 2020-21
- 2.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.73×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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.
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.
- 14.8%Housing insecurity
- 10.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.5%Food insecurity
- 12.4%SNAP enrollment
- 9.7%Transit barriers
- 10.5%No health insurance
- 20.0%Frequent mental distress
- 39.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About tract 29095012200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095012200?
Census tract 29095012200 in Independence scores 6.4/10 (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 29095012200?
Median gross rent is $1,257/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095012200?
21.1% of residents in tract 29095012200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,115.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095012200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 79th, minority 33th, housing 26th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095012200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 759 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095012200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.61% of renter households, peaking at 15.3% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29095012200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.73× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City eviction risk, MO), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 29095012200 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.8% 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. 10.7% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29095012200 compare to Independence overall?
Tract 29095012200 scores 6.4/10 — 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 29095012200 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. 15% 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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