1 census tracts · pop 1,908 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.6/10
· range 3.6–3.6
Hospital Hill is a one-tract neighborhood of Kansas City, MO and houses 1,908 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3.6/10, in the Lower tier. This is a renter market: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Average gross rent is $1,627, 31% above the Kansas City average of $1,238. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10. The voucher gap is 20.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.
Against a Kansas City baseline of 30.0%, 36% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. The severe-burden share is 13%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Court records for this tract carry 151 eviction filings.
Running cool is economic stress, at 2.9/10. SNAP participation is 5.7% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
On the high side is supply constraint at 7.1/10. Filing activity peaked in 2010 at 2.8% of renter households.
Food insecurity affects 9.1% of adults, 8.7 points below the national rate. The most recent observed rate, 1.3% in 2017, is well off that peak.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 3.6/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Hospital Hill vs Kansas CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority36%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport96%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Hospital Hill
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
151Total filings (sum)
11.03%Avg annual filing rate
2.8%Peak year (2010)
1.26%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
428Total filings 2020-21
5.6Avg monthly observed
1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
5.01×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City, MO).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Hospital Hill
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
10.1%Housing insecurity
7.0%Utility shutoff threat
9.1%Food insecurity
5.7%SNAP enrollment
6.9%No health insurance
24.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Hospital Hill
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Hospital Hill?
Hospital Hill scores 3.6/10 (Lower tier) across 1 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 Hospital Hill compare to Kansas City overall?
Hospital Hill scores 0.4 points lower than Kansas City overall (4/10). Renters spend 36% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,627 vs $1,238.
Q3
What is the average rent in Hospital Hill?
Average gross rent in Hospital Hill is $1,627/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Hospital Hill residents are renters?
80% of Hospital Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 45% in Kansas City). The neighborhood has 1,908 residents.
Q5
Is Hospital Hill a high social-vulnerability area?
Hospital Hill sits in the 27th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Hospital Hill for landlords?
Hospital Hill carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.6/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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 lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Hospital Hill?
Hospital Hill has 1,995 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (73.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (11.2%), Hispanic / Latino (5.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
