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Beacon Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Kansas City

Tract 29095016200 · Jackson County, MO · pop 1,819 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 29095016200 sits in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. It has a population of 1,819 and an eviction-risk score of 6.3/10 (Elevated tier). 56% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 41% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,061/month against a median household income of $24,250 — roughly 53% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 31% Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units963
Renter share70.4%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate37.8%
Median income$24,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank — 50th percentileBottomTop
#1 of 1 tracts In Beacon Hill
Moderate
Within parent city
98 th percentile
Rank — 98th percentileBottomTop
#4 of 163 tracts In Kansas City
Very High
Within county
95 th percentile
Rank — 95th percentileBottomTop
#12 of 227 tracts In Jackson County
Very High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank — 96th percentileBottomTop
#65 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kansas City and the region

Centroid at 39.0772, -94.5658 · click any tract to drill in

Why Beacon Hill scores 6.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Kansas City
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
37.8% poverty · this tract
9.5
Supply constraint
$1,061 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kansas City
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kansas City
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kansas City
4.0

How Beacon Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Beacon Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.36.3This tracttract 016200Kansas City: 4.14.1Kansas Cityparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.84.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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

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.

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)

  • 519Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 11.37%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.1%Peak (2004)
  • 29Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 — 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 290950162002003: 40 filings (10.47/100 renter HHs)2004: 50 filings (13.09/100 renter HHs)2005: 27 filings (9.68/100 renter HHs)2006: 47 filings (16.85/100 renter HHs)2007: 47 filings (16.85/100 renter HHs)2008: 45 filings (16.13/100 renter HHs)2009: 32 filings (11.47/100 renter HHs)2010: 29 filings (9.42/100 renter HHs)2011: 25 filings (7.10/100 renter HHs)2012: 35 filings (9.94/100 renter HHs)2013: 35 filings (9.94/100 renter HHs)2014: 36 filings (10.23/100 renter HHs)2015: 42 filings (11.93/100 renter HHs)2017: 29 filings (6.11/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 28% over the past 14 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 291Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.47×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 — 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 5 filings (2.50× baseline)2020-02-01: 5 filings (2.50× baseline)2020-03-01: 1 filings (0.31× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2020-06-01: 4 filings (1.60× baseline)2020-07-01: 1 filings (0.22× baseline)2020-08-01: 3 filings (0.57× baseline)2020-09-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2020-10-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 3 filings (0.86× baseline)2020-12-01: 2 filings (1.14× baseline)2021-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2021-03-01: 1 filings (0.31× baseline)2021-04-01: 2 filings (0.89× baseline)2021-05-01: 3 filings (1.20× baseline)2021-06-01: 3 filings (1.20× baseline)2021-07-01: 1 filings (0.22× baseline)2021-08-01: 4 filings (0.76× baseline)2021-09-01: 5 filings (3.33× baseline)2021-10-01: 4 filings (2.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 5 filings (1.43× baseline)2021-12-01: 3 filings (1.71× baseline)2022-01-01: 8 filings (4.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2022-03-01: 7 filings (2.15× baseline)2022-04-01: 4 filings (1.78× baseline)2022-05-01: 3 filings (1.20× baseline)2022-06-01: 2 filings (0.80× baseline)2022-07-01: 11 filings (2.44× baseline)2022-08-01: 7 filings (1.33× baseline)2022-09-01: 3 filings (2.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-11-01: 6 filings (1.71× baseline)2022-12-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2023-01-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2023-02-01: 8 filings (4.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 4 filings (1.23× baseline)2023-04-01: 2 filings (0.89× baseline)2023-05-01: 2 filings (0.80× baseline)2023-06-01: 10 filings (4.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 10 filings (2.22× baseline)2023-08-01: 3 filings (0.57× baseline)2023-09-01: 2 filings (1.33× baseline)2023-10-01: 17 filings (8.50× baseline)2023-11-01: 2 filings (0.57× baseline)2023-12-01: 2 filings (1.14× baseline)2024-01-01: 5 filings (2.50× baseline)2024-02-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2024-03-01: 4 filings (1.23× baseline)2024-04-01: 8 filings (3.56× baseline)2024-05-01: 2 filings (0.80× baseline)2024-06-01: 2 filings (0.80× baseline)2024-07-01: 7 filings (1.56× baseline)2024-08-01: 3 filings (0.57× baseline)2024-09-01: 5 filings (3.33× baseline)2024-10-01: 4 filings (2.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 6 filings (1.71× baseline)2024-12-01: 4 filings (2.29× baseline)2025-01-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2025-02-01: 5 filings (2.50× baseline)2025-03-01: 4 filings (1.23× baseline)2025-04-01: 3 filings (1.33× baseline)2025-05-01: 3 filings (1.20× baseline)2025-06-01: 7 filings (2.80× baseline)2025-07-01: 4 filings (0.89× baseline)2025-08-01: 4 filings (0.76× baseline)2025-09-01: 5 filings (3.33× baseline)2025-10-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2025-11-01: 3 filings (0.86× baseline)2025-12-01: 2 filings (1.14× baseline)2026-01-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)

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

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 29095016200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095016200?

Census tract 29095016200 in the Beacon Hill neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (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 29095016200?

Median gross rent is $1,061/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29095016200?

37.8% of residents in tract 29095016200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,819.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29095016200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 37th, minority 82th, housing 89th.

Q5

Is tract 29095016200 considered part of Beacon Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095016200 fall within Beacon Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095016200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 519 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095016200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.37% of renter households, peaking at 13.1% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 29095016200 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.47× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City eviction risk, MO), 2020-2021.

Q8

What share of households in tract 29095016200 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.4% 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. 23.0% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q9

How does tract 29095016200 compare to Kansas City overall?

Tract 29095016200 scores 6.3/10 — higher than the parent city of Kansas City at 4.1/10. 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.

Q10

Was tract 29095016200 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. 82% 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 Kansas City

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

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