2 census tracts · pop 8,247 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.4/10
· range 3–3.7
Tower Homes takes in 2 census tracts of Kansas City, MO and houses 8,247 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.4/10, Lower tier. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10.
Rent consumes at least 30% of income for 28% of renter households. Running cool is economic stress, at 1.8/10. The severe-burden share is 13%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Court records carry 1,674 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. SNAP participation is 6.5% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Filing activity peaked in 2006 at 17.8% of renter households.
Food insecurity affects 9.7% of adults, 8.1 points below the national rate. The most recent observed rate, 5.2% in 2017, is well off that peak.
That places it #56 of 66 neighborhoods in Kansas City. Rent takes 16% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 7%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Its 2 tracts score within 0.7 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
With little internal variation, 3.4/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Tower Homes vs Kansas CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority41%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport47%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Tower Homes
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,674Total filings (sum)
8.11%Avg annual filing rate
17.8%Peak year (2006)
5.68%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
776Total filings 2020-21
5.5Avg monthly observed
4.3Pre-pandemic baseline
0.93×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City, MO).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Tower Homes
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
10.7%Housing insecurity
7.5%Utility shutoff threat
10.1%Food insecurity
6.8%SNAP enrollment
6.8%No health insurance
27.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Tower Homes
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Tower Homes?
Tower Homes scores 3.4/10 (Lower tier) across 2 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 Tower Homes compare to Kansas City overall?
Tower Homes scores 0.6 points lower than Kansas City overall (4/10). Renters spend 28% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,183 vs $1,238.
Q3
What is the average rent in Tower Homes?
Average gross rent in Tower Homes is $1,183/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Tower Homes residents are renters?
33% of Tower Homes households are renter-occupied (vs 45% in Kansas City). The neighborhood has 8,247 residents.
Q5
Is Tower Homes a high social-vulnerability area?
Tower Homes sits in the 23rd 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
Which tracts in Tower Homes have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Tower Homes is census tract 29095009400 (score 3.7/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3.7, a spread of 0.7 points.
Q7
How safe is Tower Homes for landlords?
Tower Homes carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.4/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Tower Homes?
Tower Homes has 8,032 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (74.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (13.4%), Other / Multiracial (5.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
