Within parent city
85
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Kansas City Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29047021204 · Clay County, MO · pop 5,432
29047021204 is a census tract in Kansas City, MO. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,432. Against Clay County at 37.1%, 60% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units2,285
Renter share60.6%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate15.7%
Median income$64,119
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.2081, -94.5932 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kansas City scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kansas City
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
15.7% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,085 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Kansas City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%Housing & transportation
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)
- 1,053Total filings over 9 yrs
- 12.68%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.7%Peak (2008)
- 136Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 14.0%Housing insecurity
- 9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.0%Food insecurity
- 11.4%SNAP enrollment
- 9.3%Transit barriers
- 9.9%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 33.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kansas City
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
It sits 1.5 points above the Clay County average of 3.9. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,053 filings here across 9 tracked years. At $1,085 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Kansas City commands.
Filings peaked in 2008 at 19.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 12.7% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7/10. Statewide the MO average is 3.8, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $64,119.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 29047021204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29047021204?
Census tract 29047021204 in Kansas City 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 29047021204?
Median gross rent is $1,085/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29047021204?
15.7% of residents in tract 29047021204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,432.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29047021204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 59th, minority 50th, housing 72th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29047021204?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,053 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 29047021204 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.68% of renter households, peaking at 19.7% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29047021204 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.0% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 29047021204 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29047021204 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.
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