Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Independence Plaza Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 29095015402 · Jackson County, MO · pop 972 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
29095015402 is a census tract in the Independence Plaza area of Kansas City, MO. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 972. 51% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 59%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 16%
Tract context
Occupied units529
Renter share83.4%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate63.3%
Median income$14,647
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
76
th percentile
High
Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.1027, -94.5558 · click any tract to drill in
Why Independence Plaza scores 5.4
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
63.3% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$806 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 Independence Plaza compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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
- 100%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)
- 136Total filings 2020-21
- 1.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near 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 Independence Plaza. 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.
- 45.8%Housing insecurity
- 41.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 62.3%Food insecurity
- 64.0%SNAP enrollment
- 37.2%Transit barriers
- 26.3%No health insurance
- 30.4%Frequent mental distress
- 59.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Independence Plaza
Cost burden runs 71% here against 43.0% across Jackson County. Annualized rent equals 66% of average household income of $14,647, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 41.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Food insecurity runs 62.3% against 17.8% nationally.
The poverty rate is 63%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Average gross rent is $806, 35% below the Kansas City average. This is renter territory: 83% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.2 points above the Jackson County average of 4.2.
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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095015402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095015402?
Census tract 29095015402 in the Independence Plaza neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 29095015402?
Median gross rent is $806/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095015402?
63.3% of residents in tract 29095015402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 972.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095015402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 78th, minority 88th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 29095015402 considered part of Independence Plaza?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095015402 fall within Independence Plaza (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29095015402 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.00× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City eviction risk, MO), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 29095015402 struggle to pay rent?
About 45.8% 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. 41.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29095015402 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095015402 scores 5.4/10, higher than 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.
Q9
Was tract 29095015402 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. 100% 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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