2 census tracts · pop 4,471 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10
· range 5.4–5.4
Columbus Park is a 2-tract neighborhood of Kansas City, MO and houses 4,471 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.4/10, Moderate tier. The poverty rate is 49%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
What pushes the score up most is economic stress at 9.4/10. At $767 a month, rents sit 38% under what the rest of Kansas City commands.
This is a renter market: 88% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Food insecurity affects 38.2% of adults, 20.4 points above the national rate.
Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10. Against a Kansas City baseline of 30.0%, 37% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. Severe burden reaches 17%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
Running cool is supply constraint, at 2.2/10. Disability prevalence reaches 45.7% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute.
The filing record is not thin: 253 evictions logged in this tract. Filing activity peaked in 2009 at 5.5% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 2.2% in 2017, is well off that peak.
Among the 66 mapped neighborhoods of Kansas City, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third.
With little internal variation, 5.4/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Columbus Park vs Kansas CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority74%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport78%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Columbus Park
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
253Total filings (sum)
3.36%Avg annual filing rate
5.5%Peak year (2009)
2.22%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
362Total filings 2020-21
2.4Avg monthly observed
3.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.98×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City, MO).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Columbus Park
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
31.7%Housing insecurity
26.8%Utility shutoff threat
39.3%Food insecurity
38.2%SNAP enrollment
17.5%No health insurance
46.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Columbus Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Columbus Park?
Columbus Park scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Columbus Park compare to Kansas City overall?
Columbus Park scores 1.4 points higher than Kansas City overall (4/10). Renters spend 37% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $767 vs $1,238.
Q3
What is the average rent in Columbus Park?
Average gross rent in Columbus Park is $767/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Columbus Park residents are renters?
88% of Columbus Park households are renter-occupied (vs 45% in Kansas City). The neighborhood has 4,471 residents.
Q5
Is Columbus Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Columbus Park sits in the 90th 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
Which tracts in Columbus Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Columbus Park is census tract 29095015401 (score 5.4/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.4 to 5.4, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Columbus Park for landlords?
Columbus Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.4/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Columbus Park?
Columbus Park has 4,664 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (47.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (37.2%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (6.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
