Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Kansas City Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29047021208 · Clay County, MO · pop 5,910
Tract 29047021208 sits in Kansas City eviction risk, MO, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. Population here is 5,910. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units2,629
Renter share59.3%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate15.0%
Median income$60,260
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
96
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 39.2358, -94.5925 · 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
15.0% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,071 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Kansas City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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)
- 743Total filings over 9 yrs
- 6.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.6%Peak (2012)
- 76Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 17% 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.
- 14.4%Housing insecurity
- 10.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.9%Food insecurity
- 11.4%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 34.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kansas City
It sits 1.5 points above the Clay County average of 3.9. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.1/10.
Against Clay County at 37.1%, 43% of renters here are cost-burdened. The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 743 filings here across 9 tracked years.
At $1,071 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Kansas City commands. The worst year on record was 2012, when 8.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.7% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 5.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 29047021208
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29047021208?
Census tract 29047021208 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 29047021208?
Median gross rent is $1,071/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29047021208?
15.0% of residents in tract 29047021208 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,910.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29047021208?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 31th, minority 50th, housing 59th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29047021208?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 743 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 29047021208 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.67% of renter households, peaking at 8.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29047021208 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.4% 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. 10.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 29047021208 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29047021208 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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