Within parent city
91
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Kansas City Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29095013203 · Jackson County, MO · pop 4,545
Census tract 29095013203 covers part of Kansas City, MO, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,545. Against Jackson County at 43.0%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units1,285
Renter share71.3%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate29.5%
Median income$46,426
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
89
th percentile
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 38.9225, -94.5025 · 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
6.1
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
29.5% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$1,262 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%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)
- 1,304Total filings over 14 yrs
- 12.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.7%Peak (2015)
- 123Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 151% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 595Total filings 2020-21
- 7.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 9.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.81×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
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.
- 36.7%Housing insecurity
- 31.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 44.7%Food insecurity
- 44.6%SNAP enrollment
- 24.9%Transit barriers
- 18.3%No health insurance
- 26.6%Frequent mental distress
- 49.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kansas City
Housing insecurity runs 36.7% against 14.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 31.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Set annual rent against average income of $46,426 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 71% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.1/10.
Against the Jackson County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. The filing record is not thin: 1,304 evictions over 14 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 15.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 12.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095013203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095013203?
Census tract 29095013203 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 29095013203?
Median gross rent is $1,262/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095013203?
29.5% of residents in tract 29095013203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,545.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095013203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 75th, minority 81th, housing 42th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095013203?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,304 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095013203 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.49% of renter households, peaking at 15.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29095013203 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.81× 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.
Q7
What share of households in tract 29095013203 struggle to pay rent?
About 36.7% 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. 31.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29095013203 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095013203 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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