Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally

Kansas City Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 29165030601 · Platte County, MO · pop 1,592 · 51% of tract blocks fall in Kansas City

Census tract 29165030601 covers part of Kansas City, MO, and scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against Platte County at 36.4%, 50% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score

4.7

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 15% Owners 70%

Tract context

Occupied units749

Renter share30.8%

SVI overall0.54

Poverty rate8.7%

Median income$71,528

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Kansas City and the region

Centroid at 39.3367, -94.6551 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kansas City scores 4.7

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

8.7% poverty · this tract

2.2

Supply constraint

$831 rent vs county FMR

1.2

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: 54

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

58%Socioeconomic
26%Household composition
22%Racial/ethnic minority
74%Housing & transportation

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.

11.7%Housing insecurity
8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
13.2%Food insecurity
9.9%SNAP enrollment
8.1%Transit barriers
9.1%No health insurance
17.6%Frequent mental distress
34.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kansas City

The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.2/10. Average gross rent is $831, 33% below the Kansas City average. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.1/10. Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. It sits 0.8 points above the Platte County average of 3.9.

On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 5.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Against average income of $71,528, annual rent is just 14%. Statewide the MO average is 3.8, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 29165030601

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29165030601?

Census tract 29165030601 in Kansas City scores 4.7/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 29165030601?

Median gross rent is $831/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 29165030601?

8.7% of residents in tract 29165030601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,592.

How socially vulnerable is tract 29165030601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 26th, minority 22th, housing 74th.

What share of households in tract 29165030601 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.7% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 29165030601 compare to Kansas City overall?

Tract 29165030601 scores 4.7/10, 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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