Within parent city
36
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Kansas City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 29165030308 · Platte County, MO · pop 5,832 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Kansas City
Tract 29165030308 sits in Kansas City eviction risk, MO, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.9/10. It is home to 5,832 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units2,739
Renter share49.4%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate2.8%
Median income$82,247
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.2578, -94.7059 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kansas City scores 3.9
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
2.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,141 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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)
- 396Total filings over 13 yrs
- 9.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 26.1%Peak (2005)
- 26Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 18% over the past 13 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.
- 9.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.9%Food insecurity
- 5.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 26.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kansas City
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Cost burden runs 28% here against 36.4% across Platte County. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10.
SNAP participation runs 5.8% against 15.2% nationally. Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Food insecurity runs 8.9% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 396 filings here across 13 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2005, when 26.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 10.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29165030308
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29165030308?
Census tract 29165030308 in Kansas City scores 3.9/10 (Lower 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 29165030308?
Median gross rent is $1,141/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29165030308?
2.8% of residents in tract 29165030308 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,832.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29165030308?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 47th, minority 61th, housing 77th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29165030308?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 396 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 29165030308 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.99% of renter households, peaking at 26.1% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29165030308 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.4% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 29165030308 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29165030308 scores 3.9/10, right in line with 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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