Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
East Blue Valley Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 29095002100 · Jackson County, MO · pop 3,809 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 29095002100 covers part of the East Blue Valley area of Kansas City, MO, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,809 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,530
Renter share42.2%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$42,909
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.0918, -94.5023 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Blue Valley scores 4.2
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
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$997 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 East Blue Valley compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 16%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
- 54%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 1,340Total filings over 14 yrs
- 11.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.8%Peak (2017)
- 144Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 25% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 413Total filings 2020-21
- 5.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.88×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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.
- 33.1%Housing insecurity
- 22.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 39.6%Food insecurity
- 30.9%SNAP enrollment
- 20.2%Transit barriers
- 27.4%No health insurance
- 23.2%Frequent mental distress
- 46.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Blue Valley
The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Adults with no health insurance runs 27.4% against 11.3% nationally.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. SNAP participation runs 30.9% against 15.2% nationally.
Against Jackson County at 43.0%, roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, economic stress reads 2/10. Average gross rent is $997, 19% below the Kansas City average.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,340 filings here across 14 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2017, when 18.8% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 11.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.2/10.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095002100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095002100?
Census tract 29095002100 in the East Blue Valley neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 29095002100?
Median gross rent is $997/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095002100?
7.9% of residents in tract 29095002100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,809.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095002100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 92th, minority 89th, housing 16th.
Q5
Is tract 29095002100 considered part of East Blue Valley?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095002100 fall within East Blue Valley (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095002100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,340 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095002100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.24% of renter households, peaking at 18.8% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095002100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.88× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City eviction risk, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29095002100 struggle to pay rent?
About 33.1% 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. 22.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095002100 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095002100 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Kansas City at 4/10. 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 29095002100 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. 54% 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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