2 census tracts · pop 4,546 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4/10
· range 3.8–4.3
Quality Hill spans 2 census tracts of Kansas City, MO, population 4,546. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. This is a renter market: 87% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Cost burden runs 41% against 30.0% citywide, putting Quality Hill 11.4% over its own city. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10.
Average gross rent is $1,505, 22% above the Kansas City average of $1,238. The severe-burden share is 15%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Filings are well documented here: 1,398 across 2 observed tracts.
SNAP participation is 5.3% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The voucher gap is 11.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. The worst year on record was 2012, when filings touched 8.7% of renter households.
Food insecurity affects 9.0% of adults, 8.8 points below the national rate. The most recent observed rate, 3.9% in 2017, is well off that peak.
That places it #47 of 66 neighborhoods in Kansas City. Its 2 tracts score within 0.5 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $68,453.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Quality Hill vs Kansas CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority42%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport69%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Quality Hill
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,398Total filings (sum)
4.97%Avg annual filing rate
8.7%Peak year (2012)
3.96%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,050Total filings 2020-21
6.7Avg monthly observed
3.3Pre-pandemic baseline
2.03×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 Quality Hill
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
9.9%Housing insecurity
6.8%Utility shutoff threat
8.9%Food insecurity
5.3%SNAP enrollment
6.7%No health insurance
24.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Quality Hill
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Quality Hill?
Quality Hill scores 4/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Quality Hill compare to Kansas City overall?
Quality Hill scores 0.0 points higher than Kansas City overall (4/10). Renters spend 41% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,505 vs $1,238.
Q3
What is the average rent in Quality Hill?
Average gross rent in Quality Hill is $1,505/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Quality Hill residents are renters?
87% of Quality Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 45% in Kansas City). The neighborhood has 4,546 residents.
Q5
Is Quality Hill a high social-vulnerability area?
Quality Hill sits in the 29th 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
Which tracts in Quality Hill have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Quality Hill is census tract 29095001100 (score 4.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.8 to 4.3, a spread of 0.5 points.
Q7
How safe is Quality Hill for landlords?
Quality Hill carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Quality Hill?
Quality Hill has 4,801 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (71.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (9.2%), Hispanic / Latino (8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
