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Dunbar Eviction Risk: Elevated , Kansas City

Tract 29095016300 · Jackson County, MO · pop 1,933 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 29095016300 sits in the Dunbar neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. It has a population of 1,933 and an eviction-risk score of 6.0/10 (Elevated tier). 59% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 29% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,018/month against a median household income of $36,528 — roughly 33% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
6.0
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 21% Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units946
Renter share52.2%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate28.8%
Median income$36,528

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank — 100th percentileBottomTop
#1 of 2 tracts In Dunbar
Very High
Within parent city
87 th percentile
Rank — 87th percentileBottomTop
#22 of 163 tracts In Kansas City
High
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank — 77th percentileBottomTop
#52 of 227 tracts In Jackson County
High
Within state
91 th percentile
Rank — 91th percentileBottomTop
#149 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kansas City and the region

Centroid at 39.0589, -94.5040 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dunbar scores 6.0

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
28.8% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$1,018 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Dunbar compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Dunbar risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.06.0This tracttract 016300Kansas City: 4.14.1Kansas Cityparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.84.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B — Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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)

  • 2,297Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 26.28%Avg annual filing rate
  • 34.1%Peak (2005)
  • 131Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 — 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 290950163002003: 190 filings (28.57/100 renter HHs)2004: 161 filings (24.21/100 renter HHs)2005: 229 filings (34.13/100 renter HHs)2006: 220 filings (32.79/100 renter HHs)2007: 196 filings (29.21/100 renter HHs)2008: 177 filings (26.38/100 renter HHs)2009: 179 filings (26.68/100 renter HHs)2010: 128 filings (22.65/100 renter HHs)2011: 102 filings (18.35/100 renter HHs)2012: 124 filings (22.30/100 renter HHs)2013: 133 filings (23.92/100 renter HHs)2014: 158 filings (28.42/100 renter HHs)2015: 169 filings (30.40/100 renter HHs)2017: 131 filings (19.97/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 31% over the past 14 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 1,233Total filings 2020-21
  • 16.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 11.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.41×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 — 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 36 filings (1.87× baseline)2020-02-01: 11 filings (1.16× baseline)2020-03-01: 4 filings (0.55× baseline)2020-04-01: 5 filings (0.43× baseline)2020-05-01: 4 filings (0.30× baseline)2020-06-01: 3 filings (0.22× baseline)2020-07-01: 9 filings (0.62× baseline)2020-08-01: 8 filings (0.76× baseline)2020-09-01: 16 filings (1.49× baseline)2020-10-01: 24 filings (1.52× baseline)2020-11-01: 8 filings (1.33× baseline)2020-12-01: 23 filings (1.77× baseline)2021-01-01: 14 filings (0.73× baseline)2021-02-01: 11 filings (1.16× baseline)2021-03-01: 10 filings (1.38× baseline)2021-04-01: 6 filings (0.51× baseline)2021-05-01: 18 filings (1.36× baseline)2021-06-01: 14 filings (1.02× baseline)2021-07-01: 6 filings (0.41× baseline)2021-08-01: 7 filings (0.67× baseline)2021-09-01: 23 filings (2.14× baseline)2021-10-01: 37 filings (2.35× baseline)2021-11-01: 17 filings (2.83× baseline)2021-12-01: 10 filings (0.77× baseline)2022-01-01: 2 filings (0.10× baseline)2022-02-01: 5 filings (0.53× baseline)2022-03-01: 6 filings (0.83× baseline)2022-04-01: 10 filings (0.85× baseline)2022-05-01: 5 filings (0.38× baseline)2022-06-01: 11 filings (0.80× baseline)2022-07-01: 9 filings (0.62× baseline)2022-08-01: 4 filings (0.38× baseline)2022-09-01: 13 filings (1.21× baseline)2022-10-01: 28 filings (1.78× baseline)2022-11-01: 34 filings (5.67× baseline)2022-12-01: 26 filings (2.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 18 filings (0.94× baseline)2023-02-01: 35 filings (3.68× baseline)2023-03-01: 10 filings (1.38× baseline)2023-04-01: 23 filings (1.96× baseline)2023-05-01: 2 filings (0.15× baseline)2023-06-01: 26 filings (1.89× baseline)2023-07-01: 39 filings (2.69× baseline)2023-08-01: 2 filings (0.19× baseline)2023-09-01: 36 filings (3.35× baseline)2023-10-01: 20 filings (1.27× baseline)2023-11-01: 3 filings (0.50× baseline)2023-12-01: 20 filings (1.54× baseline)2024-01-01: 6 filings (0.31× baseline)2024-02-01: 6 filings (0.63× baseline)2024-03-01: 23 filings (3.17× baseline)2024-04-01: 47 filings (4.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 31 filings (2.34× baseline)2024-06-01: 12 filings (0.87× baseline)2024-07-01: 10 filings (0.69× baseline)2024-08-01: 10 filings (0.95× baseline)2024-09-01: 4 filings (0.37× baseline)2024-10-01: 17 filings (1.08× baseline)2024-11-01: 61 filings (10.17× baseline)2024-12-01: 30 filings (2.31× baseline)2025-01-01: 3 filings (0.16× baseline)2025-02-01: 31 filings (3.26× baseline)2025-03-01: 9 filings (1.24× baseline)2025-04-01: 26 filings (2.21× baseline)2025-05-01: 3 filings (0.23× baseline)2025-06-01: 11 filings (0.80× baseline)2025-07-01: 16 filings (1.10× baseline)2025-08-01: 7 filings (0.67× baseline)2025-09-01: 32 filings (2.98× baseline)2025-10-01: 2 filings (0.13× baseline)2025-11-01: 11 filings (1.83× baseline)2025-12-01: 28 filings (2.15× baseline)2026-01-01: 20 filings (200.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 25 filings (250.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 30 filings (300.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 9 filings (90.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Dunbar. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Tract · MO
Dunbar
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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 29095016300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095016300?

Census tract 29095016300 in the Dunbar neighborhood scores 6.0/10 (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 29095016300?

Median gross rent is $1,018/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29095016300?

28.8% of residents in tract 29095016300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,933.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29095016300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 87th, minority 80th, housing 87th.

Q5

Is tract 29095016300 considered part of Dunbar?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095016300 fall within Dunbar (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095016300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,297 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095016300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 26.28% of renter households, peaking at 34.1% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 29095016300 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.41× 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 29095016300 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.6% 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. 22.6% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q9

How does tract 29095016300 compare to Kansas City overall?

Tract 29095016300 scores 6.0/10 — 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 29095016300 historically redlined?

Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 5% 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.

Tract · MO
Ivanhoe Northeast
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
Santa Fe
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
Beacon Hill
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
Key Coalition
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
Palestine East
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
South Town Fork Creek
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
North Indian Mound
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
South Blue Valley
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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