Kansas City Eviction Risk: Moderate

The dominant input is economic stress at 9.3/10. 29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

This is renter territory: 77% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Food insecurity runs 34.9% against 17.8% nationally.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 23.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Average gross rent is $930, 25% below the Kansas City average.

It sits 1.2 points above the Jackson County average of 4.2. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,753 filings here across 14 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2005, when 43.4% of renter households were served.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.