Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Swope Parkway-Elmwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 29095007802 · Jackson County, MO · pop 2,375 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
29095007802 is a census tract in the Swope Parkway-Elmwood area of Kansas City, MO. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,375 residents. 31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units996
Renter share55.8%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate29.9%
Median income$35,433
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.0245, -94.5321 · click any tract to drill in
Why Swope Parkway-Elmwood 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
29.9% poverty · this tract
7.5
Supply constraint
$874 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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 Swope Parkway-Elmwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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
- 2%Grade C
- 61%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)
- 680Total filings over 14 yrs
- 9.77%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.3%Peak (2007)
- 54Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 234Total filings 2020-21
- 3.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.84×Ratio to 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 Swope Parkway-Elmwood. 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.
- 30.0%Housing insecurity
- 25.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.3%Food insecurity
- 34.8%SNAP enrollment
- 19.4%Transit barriers
- 12.8%No health insurance
- 20.7%Frequent mental distress
- 48.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Swope Parkway-Elmwood
Against Jackson County at 43.0%, 57% of renters here are cost-burdened. Food insecurity runs 36.3% against 17.8% nationally. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.5/10. Average gross rent is $874, 29% below the Kansas City average.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 25.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
Against the Jackson County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Court records carry 680 eviction filings across 14 observed years. Filings peaked in 2007 at 13.3% of renter households.
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 9.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095007802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095007802?
Census tract 29095007802 in the Swope Parkway-Elmwood 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 29095007802?
Median gross rent is $874/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095007802?
29.9% of residents in tract 29095007802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,375.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095007802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 99th, minority 95th, housing 78th.
Q5
Is tract 29095007802 considered part of Swope Parkway-Elmwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095007802 fall within Swope Parkway-Elmwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095007802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 680 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095007802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.77% of renter households, peaking at 13.3% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095007802 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.84× 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 29095007802 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. 25.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095007802 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095007802 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 29095007802 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. 61% 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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