Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
East Meyer Eviction Risk: Lower , Kansas City
Tract 29095009000 · Jackson County, MO · pop 3,955 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 3.8/10, tract 29095009000 in the East Meyer area of Kansas City, MO reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,955. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,469
Renter share44.5%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$63,608
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
32
th percentile
Low
Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 38.9911, -94.5653 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Meyer scores 3.8
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
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,216 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 East Meyer compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 34%Grade B
- 55%Grade C
- 5%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)
- 1,136Total filings over 14 yrs
- 15.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 24.8%Peak (2008)
- 80Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 25% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 385Total filings 2020-21
- 5.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.71×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.
- 22.5%Housing insecurity
- 15.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.9%Food insecurity
- 18.0%SNAP enrollment
- 12.8%Transit barriers
- 10.8%No health insurance
- 19.5%Frequent mental distress
- 39.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Meyer
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. 16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.1/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,136 filings here across 14 tracked years.
Housing insecurity runs 22.5% against 14.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The worst year on record was 2008, when 24.8% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Greater Kansas City. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 15.3% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 38% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.6/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 40% of renters.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095009000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095009000?
Census tract 29095009000 in the East Meyer neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (Lower 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 29095009000?
Median gross rent is $1,216/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095009000?
9.0% of residents in tract 29095009000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,955.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095009000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 85th, minority 84th, housing 23th.
Q5
Is tract 29095009000 considered part of East Meyer?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095009000 fall within East Meyer (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095009000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,136 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095009000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.28% of renter households, peaking at 24.8% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095009000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.71× 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 29095009000 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.5% 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. 15.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095009000 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095009000 scores 3.8/10, 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 29095009000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.
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