1 census tracts · pop 2,019 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Sunset Hill maps to a single census tract in Kansas City, MO and houses 2,019 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, in the Lower tier. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10.
Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 1.6/10. Average gross rent is $1,536, 24% above the Kansas City average of $1,238.
Food insecurity affects 5.2% of adults, 12.6 points below the national rate. 25% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, lower than the Kansas City rate of 30.0%. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 5.9% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 87 evictions logged in this tract. 11% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The voucher gap is 14.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.
The worst year on record was 2010, when filings touched 5.9% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 2.0% in 2017, is well off that peak.
Among the 66 mapped neighborhoods of Kansas City, it ranks #61 by risk, the lower third. Only 22% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. The closest comparables inside the same city are Western 49/63 and Wornall Homestead.
Rent takes 15% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Sunset Hill vs Kansas CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority14%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport7%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Sunset Hill
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
87Total filings (sum)
2.08%Avg annual filing rate
5.9%Peak year (2010)
1.96%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
12Total filings 2020-21
0.2Avg monthly observed
0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
1.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City, MO).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Sunset Hill
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
5.9%Housing insecurity
4.2%Utility shutoff threat
5.2%Food insecurity
3.0%SNAP enrollment
4.7%No health insurance
24.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Sunset Hill
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Sunset Hill?
Sunset Hill scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 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 Sunset Hill compare to Kansas City overall?
Sunset Hill scores 1.0 points lower than Kansas City overall (4/10). Renters spend 25% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,536 vs $1,238.
Q3
What is the average rent in Sunset Hill?
Average gross rent in Sunset Hill is $1,536/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Sunset Hill residents are renters?
22% of Sunset Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 45% in Kansas City). The neighborhood has 2,019 residents.
Q5
Is Sunset Hill a high social-vulnerability area?
Sunset Hill sits in the 1st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Sunset Hill for landlords?
Sunset Hill carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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 lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Sunset Hill?
Sunset Hill has 2,041 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (87.3%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (4.4%), Other / Multiracial (4.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
