1 census tracts · pop 1,625 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.4/10
· range 3.4–3.4
Union Hill is a one-tract neighborhood of Kansas City, MO and houses 1,625 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.4/10, Lower tier. The severe-burden share is 29%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Cost burden runs 41% against 30.0% citywide, putting Union Hill 10.5% over its own city. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10.
At $1,499 a month, rents sit 21% over what the rest of Kansas City commands. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 2.7/10.
The filing record is not thin: 122 evictions logged in this tract. SNAP participation is 4.3% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity affects 7.2% of adults, 10.6 points below the national rate.
The voucher gap is 11.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. Filing activity peaked in 2004 at 7.9% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 0.2% in 2017, is well off that peak.
Among the 66 mapped neighborhoods of Kansas City, it ranks #56 by risk, the lower third. Rent takes 20% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
One tract means one number: 3.4/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Union Hill vs Kansas CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority26%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport10%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Union Hill
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
122Total filings (sum)
2.77%Avg annual filing rate
7.9%Peak year (2004)
0.21%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
46Total filings 2020-21
0.6Avg monthly observed
0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
2.19×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City, MO).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Union Hill
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.7%Housing insecurity
5.5%Utility shutoff threat
7.2%Food insecurity
4.3%SNAP enrollment
5.9%No health insurance
26.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Union Hill
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Union Hill?
Union Hill scores 3.4/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Union Hill compare to Kansas City overall?
Union Hill scores 0.6 points lower than Kansas City overall (4/10). Renters spend 41% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,499 vs $1,238.
Q3
What is the average rent in Union Hill?
Average gross rent in Union Hill is $1,499/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Union Hill residents are renters?
58% of Union Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 45% in Kansas City). The neighborhood has 1,625 residents.
Q5
Is Union Hill a high social-vulnerability area?
Union Hill sits in the 7th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Union Hill for landlords?
Union Hill carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.4/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Kansas City as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Union Hill?
Union Hill has 1,665 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (82.3%), Hispanic / Latino (5.3%), Black (non-Hispanic) (4.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
