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South Town Fork Creek Eviction Risk: Elevated , Kansas City

Tract 29095008800 · Jackson County, MO · pop 3,267 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 29095008800 sits in the South Town Fork Creek neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. It has a population of 3,267 and an eviction-risk score of 6.1/10 (Elevated tier). 44% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 26% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,193/month against a median household income of $42,844 — roughly 33% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 22% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,401
Renter share40.5%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate36.4%
Median income$42,844

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank — 0th percentileBottomTop
#2 of 2 tracts In South Town Fork Creek
Very Low
Within parent city
91 th percentile
Rank — 91th percentileBottomTop
#16 of 163 tracts In Kansas City
Very High
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank — 85th percentileBottomTop
#36 of 227 tracts In Jackson County
High
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank — 93th percentileBottomTop
#119 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kansas City and the region

Centroid at 39.0040, -94.5463 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Town Fork Creek scores 6.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
36.4% poverty · this tract
9.1
Supply constraint
$1,193 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Town Fork Creek compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
South Town Fork Creek risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.16.1This tracttract 008800Kansas City: 4.14.1Kansas Cityparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.84.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1,574Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 17.87%Avg annual filing rate
  • 25.9%Peak (2005)
  • 94Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 — 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 290950088002003: 118 filings (16.16/100 renter HHs)2004: 107 filings (14.66/100 renter HHs)2005: 142 filings (25.87/100 renter HHs)2006: 113 filings (20.58/100 renter HHs)2007: 140 filings (25.50/100 renter HHs)2008: 124 filings (22.59/100 renter HHs)2009: 119 filings (21.68/100 renter HHs)2010: 89 filings (13.17/100 renter HHs)2011: 122 filings (17.02/100 renter HHs)2012: 129 filings (17.99/100 renter HHs)2013: 93 filings (12.97/100 renter HHs)2014: 88 filings (12.27/100 renter HHs)2015: 96 filings (13.39/100 renter HHs)2017: 94 filings (16.32/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 20% over the past 14 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 565Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 7.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.93×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 — 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 6 filings (0.65× baseline)2020-02-01: 9 filings (1.24× baseline)2020-03-01: 3 filings (0.48× baseline)2020-04-01: 1 filings (0.14× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 6 filings (0.59× baseline)2020-07-01: 5 filings (0.54× baseline)2020-08-01: 9 filings (0.90× baseline)2020-09-01: 5 filings (0.63× baseline)2020-10-01: 5 filings (0.51× baseline)2020-11-01: 1 filings (0.11× baseline)2020-12-01: 4 filings (0.67× baseline)2021-01-01: 3 filings (0.32× baseline)2021-02-01: 4 filings (0.55× baseline)2021-03-01: 15 filings (2.40× baseline)2021-04-01: 6 filings (0.86× baseline)2021-05-01: 9 filings (0.95× baseline)2021-06-01: 6 filings (0.59× baseline)2021-07-01: 7 filings (0.76× baseline)2021-08-01: 4 filings (0.40× baseline)2021-09-01: 9 filings (1.13× baseline)2021-10-01: 6 filings (0.62× baseline)2021-11-01: 5 filings (0.54× baseline)2021-12-01: 5 filings (0.83× baseline)2022-01-01: 4 filings (0.43× baseline)2022-02-01: 5 filings (0.69× baseline)2022-03-01: 9 filings (1.44× baseline)2022-04-01: 5 filings (0.71× baseline)2022-05-01: 4 filings (0.42× baseline)2022-06-01: 10 filings (0.98× baseline)2022-07-01: 11 filings (1.19× baseline)2022-08-01: 7 filings (0.70× baseline)2022-09-01: 9 filings (1.13× baseline)2022-10-01: 8 filings (0.82× baseline)2022-11-01: 5 filings (0.54× baseline)2022-12-01: 5 filings (0.83× baseline)2023-01-01: 11 filings (1.19× baseline)2023-02-01: 13 filings (1.79× baseline)2023-03-01: 5 filings (0.80× baseline)2023-04-01: 8 filings (1.14× baseline)2023-05-01: 19 filings (2.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 11 filings (1.07× baseline)2023-07-01: 12 filings (1.30× baseline)2023-08-01: 12 filings (1.20× baseline)2023-09-01: 7 filings (0.88× baseline)2023-10-01: 12 filings (1.23× baseline)2023-11-01: 7 filings (0.76× baseline)2023-12-01: 4 filings (0.67× baseline)2024-01-01: 13 filings (1.41× baseline)2024-02-01: 6 filings (0.83× baseline)2024-03-01: 6 filings (0.96× baseline)2024-04-01: 9 filings (1.29× baseline)2024-05-01: 11 filings (1.16× baseline)2024-06-01: 17 filings (1.66× baseline)2024-07-01: 5 filings (0.54× baseline)2024-08-01: 7 filings (0.70× baseline)2024-09-01: 5 filings (0.63× baseline)2024-10-01: 10 filings (1.03× baseline)2024-11-01: 6 filings (0.65× baseline)2024-12-01: 10 filings (1.67× baseline)2025-01-01: 8 filings (0.86× baseline)2025-02-01: 9 filings (1.24× baseline)2025-03-01: 6 filings (0.96× baseline)2025-04-01: 9 filings (1.29× baseline)2025-05-01: 10 filings (1.05× baseline)2025-06-01: 5 filings (0.49× baseline)2025-07-01: 13 filings (1.41× baseline)2025-08-01: 12 filings (1.20× baseline)2025-09-01: 9 filings (1.13× baseline)2025-10-01: 7 filings (0.72× baseline)2025-11-01: 7 filings (0.76× baseline)2025-12-01: 8 filings (1.33× baseline)2026-01-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 9 filings (90.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)

Pandemic filings ran below 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 South Town Fork Creek. 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.

Frequently asked

About tract 29095008800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095008800?

Census tract 29095008800 in the South Town Fork Creek neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 29095008800?

Median gross rent is $1,193/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29095008800?

36.4% of residents in tract 29095008800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,267.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29095008800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 88th, minority 91th, housing 63th.

Q5

Is tract 29095008800 considered part of South Town Fork Creek?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095008800 fall within South Town Fork Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095008800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,574 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095008800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.87% of renter households, peaking at 25.9% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 29095008800 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.93× 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 29095008800 struggle to pay rent?

About 34.2% 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. 28.9% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q9

How does tract 29095008800 compare to Kansas City overall?

Tract 29095008800 scores 6.1/10 — higher than the parent city of Kansas City at 4.1/10. 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 29095008800 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. 54% 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kansas City

Top eight tracts in Kansas City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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