Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Columbus Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 29095015401 · Jackson County, MO · pop 2,386 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 29095015401 runs through Columbus Park in Kansas City. With 2,386 residents, it scores 5.7/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 64% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 32% of renter households, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $438 a month while the average household earns $13,616 a year, roughly 39% of income at the averages. About 96% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 65%
Owners 5%
Tract context
Occupied units935
Renter share95.5%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate61.0%
Median income$13,616
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
97
th percentile
Very High
Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.1020, -94.5663 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbus Park scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
61.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$438 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Columbus Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%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
- 0%Grade C
- 94%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
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.1
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 180Total filings 2020-21
- 2.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.39×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Kansas City, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Columbus Park. 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.
- 43.0%Housing insecurity
- 37.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 54.5%Food insecurity
- 55.4%SNAP enrollment
- 30.0%Transit barriers
- 22.9%No health insurance
- 27.1%Frequent mental distress
- 54.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Columbus Park
What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Kansas City eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Jackson County average of 5.5 and above the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 43.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 37.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 99th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095015401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095015401?
Census tract 29095015401 in the Columbus Park neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (Moderate 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 29095015401?
Median gross rent is $438/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095015401?
61.0% of residents in tract 29095015401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,386.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095015401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 97th, minority 84th, housing 98th.
Q5
Is tract 29095015401 considered part of Columbus Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095015401 fall within Columbus Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29095015401 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.39× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City eviction risk, MO), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 29095015401 struggle to pay rent?
About 43.0% 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. 37.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29095015401 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095015401 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Kansas City at 3/10. 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.
Q9
Was tract 29095015401 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. 94% 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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