Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Squier Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 29095005300 · Jackson County, MO · pop 1,357 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 29095005300 covers part of the Squier Park area of Kansas City, MO, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,357. At $678 a month, rents run 45% under what the rest of Kansas City commands.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 42%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units640
Renter share57.3%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate34.2%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.0595, -94.5673 · click any tract to drill in
Why Squier Park 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
34.2% poverty · this tract
8.6
Supply constraint
$678 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 Squier Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 62%Grade C
- 38%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)
- 554Total filings over 14 yrs
- 19.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 31.9%Peak (2006)
- 40Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 187Total filings 2020-21
- 2.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.79×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. 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.
- 30.0%Housing insecurity
- 22.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.9%Food insecurity
- 33.3%SNAP enrollment
- 19.8%Transit barriers
- 17.1%No health insurance
- 24.0%Frequent mental distress
- 47.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Squier Park
Against Jackson County at 43.0%, 27% of renters here are cost-burdened. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10. SNAP participation runs 33.3% against 15.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 34%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, economic stress reads 8.6/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 22.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. It sits 1.2 points above the Jackson County average of 4.2.
Court records carry 554 eviction filings across 14 observed years. Filings peaked in 2006 at 31.9% of renter households.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095005300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095005300?
Census tract 29095005300 in the Squier Park 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 29095005300?
Median gross rent is $678/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095005300?
34.2% of residents in tract 29095005300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,357.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095005300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 34th, minority 79th, housing 58th.
Q5
Is tract 29095005300 considered part of Squier Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095005300 fall within Squier Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095005300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 554 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095005300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.31% of renter households, peaking at 31.9% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095005300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.79× 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 29095005300 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.0% 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. 22.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095005300 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095005300 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 29095005300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 38% 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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