1 census tracts · pop 1,819 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10
· range 5.4–5.4
Beacon Hill is a one-tract neighborhood of Kansas City, MO and houses 1,819 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.4/10, Moderate tier. 41% 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.
Against a Kansas City baseline of 30.0%, 56% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. Set annual rent against average household income of $24,250 and the ratio lands at 53%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The dominant input is economic stress at 9.5/10.
The poverty rate is 38%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 70% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over.
On the softer side is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10. Food insecurity affects 34.0% of adults, 16.2 points above the national rate.
Disability prevalence reaches 44.9% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute. The filing record is not thin: 519 evictions logged in this tract.
At $1,061 a month, rents sit 14% under what the rest of Kansas City commands. Running cool is supply constraint, at 2.9/10.
One tract means one number: 5.4/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Beacon Hill vs Kansas CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority82%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport89%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Beacon Hill
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
519Total filings (sum)
11.37%Avg annual filing rate
13.1%Peak year (2004)
6.11%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
291Total filings 2020-21
3.8Avg monthly observed
2.6Pre-pandemic baseline
1.47×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City, MO).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Beacon Hill
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
27.4%Housing insecurity
23.0%Utility shutoff threat
34.0%Food insecurity
32.0%SNAP enrollment
13.3%No health insurance
44.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Beacon Hill
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Beacon Hill?
Beacon Hill scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 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 Beacon Hill compare to Kansas City overall?
Beacon Hill scores 1.4 points higher than Kansas City overall (4/10). Renters spend 56% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,061 vs $1,238.
Q3
What is the average rent in Beacon Hill?
Average gross rent in Beacon Hill is $1,061/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Beacon Hill residents are renters?
70% of Beacon Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 45% in Kansas City). The neighborhood has 1,819 residents.
Q5
Is Beacon Hill a high social-vulnerability area?
Beacon Hill sits in the 84th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Beacon Hill for landlords?
Beacon Hill carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.4/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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 (4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Beacon Hill?
Beacon Hill has 2,043 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (49.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (28.9%), Hispanic / Latino (15.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
