Within parent city
93
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Kansas City Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29095013405 · Jackson County, MO · pop 1,857
29095013405 is a census tract in Kansas City, MO. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 1,857. Cost burden runs about a quarter here against 43.0% across Jackson County.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units839
Renter share43.7%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate28.6%
Median income$59,441
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
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 38.8680, -94.5753 · 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
28.6% poverty · this tract
7.1
Supply constraint
$1,211 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%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)
- 500Total filings over 14 yrs
- 9.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.7%Peak (2010)
- 48Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 17% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 85Total filings 2020-21
- 1.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.90×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.
- 15.8%Housing insecurity
- 12.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.6%Food insecurity
- 16.8%SNAP enrollment
- 11.2%Transit barriers
- 10.2%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 42.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kansas City
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Running cool, 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. Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Court records carry 500 eviction filings across 14 observed years. The worst year on record was 2010, when 15.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 9.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.8/10 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 29095013405
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095013405?
Census tract 29095013405 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 29095013405?
Median gross rent is $1,211/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095013405?
28.6% of residents in tract 29095013405 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,857.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095013405?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 84th, minority 66th, housing 93th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095013405?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 500 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095013405 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.45% of renter households, peaking at 15.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29095013405 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.90× 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 29095013405 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.8% 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. 12.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29095013405 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095013405 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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