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Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Kansas City Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 29165030214 · Platte County, MO · pop 2,780

Census tract 29165030214 covers part of Kansas City, MO, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,780 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 18% Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units894
Renter share28.2%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate26.6%
Median income$65,119

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 163 tracts In Kansas City
Very High
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 27 tracts In Platte County
Very High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#68 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Very High
National
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#24,859 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kansas City and the region

Centroid at 39.2394, -94.6632 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kansas City scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
26.6% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$1,385 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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.
Kansas City risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.45.4This tracttract 030214Kansas City: 4.04.0Kansas Cityparent cityCounty: 3.93.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 25

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kansas City

The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Platte County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.1/10.

At $1,385 a month, rents run 12% over what the rest of Kansas City commands. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Statute speed, court posture and rent-regulation exposure are inherited from Kansas City eviction risk rather than measured on these blocks; the economic and supply components are the tract-level part of the score. Social vulnerability reads 3.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MO average is 3.8, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. around a third of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $65,119.

28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 29165030214

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29165030214?

Census tract 29165030214 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 29165030214?

Median gross rent is $1,385/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29165030214?

26.6% of residents in tract 29165030214 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,780.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29165030214?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 82th, minority 33th, housing 2th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 29165030214 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.7% 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. 13.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 29165030214 compare to Kansas City overall?

Tract 29165030214 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kansas City

Top eight tracts in Kansas City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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