Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
South Blue Valley Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 29095003400 · Jackson County, MO · pop 3,270 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 29095003400 covers part of the South Blue Valley area of Kansas City, MO, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,479
Renter share40.0%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate47.3%
Median income$36,295
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.0798, -94.5247 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Blue Valley 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
47.3% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,018 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 South Blue Valley compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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
- 26%Grade C
- 74%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)
- 1,081Total filings over 14 yrs
- 12.74%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.6%Peak (2006)
- 68Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 21% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 231Total filings 2020-21
- 3.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.63×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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.
- 41.5%Housing insecurity
- 32.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 52.3%Food insecurity
- 48.6%SNAP enrollment
- 27.7%Transit barriers
- 30.3%No health insurance
- 25.7%Frequent mental distress
- 53.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Blue Valley
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 48.6% against 15.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 47%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 32.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Cost burden runs 55% here against 43.0% across Jackson County.
Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income of $36,295, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
It sits 1.2 points above the Jackson County average of 4.2. At $1,018 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Kansas City commands. The filing record is not thin: 1,081 evictions over 14 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2006, when 13.6% 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 12.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095003400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095003400?
Census tract 29095003400 in the South Blue Valley 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 29095003400?
Median gross rent is $1,018/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095003400?
47.3% of residents in tract 29095003400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,270.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095003400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 90th, minority 85th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 29095003400 considered part of South Blue Valley?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095003400 fall within South Blue Valley (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095003400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,081 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095003400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.74% of renter households, peaking at 13.6% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095003400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.63× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City eviction risk, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29095003400 struggle to pay rent?
About 41.5% 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. 32.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095003400 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095003400 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.
Q10
Was tract 29095003400 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. 74% 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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