2 census tracts · pop 5,309 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.1/10
· range 3–3.3
Ward Parkway spans 2 census tracts of Kansas City, MO, population 5,309. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3.1/10, in the Lower tier. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.3/10.
22% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10.
Against a Kansas City baseline of 30.0%, 38% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. At $1,489 a month, rents sit 20% over what the rest of Kansas City commands. Court records carry 235 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.
SNAP participation is 5.2% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity affects 8.0% of adults, 9.8 points below the national rate. The worst year on record was 2007, when filings touched 5.3% of renter households.
The voucher gap is 10.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. The most recent observed rate, 1.1% in 2017, is well off that peak. Among the 66 mapped neighborhoods of Kansas City, it ranks #61 by risk, the lower third.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Ward Parkway vs Kansas CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority24%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport14%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Ward Parkway
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
235Total filings (sum)
2.73%Avg annual filing rate
5.3%Peak year (2007)
1.06%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
42Total filings 2020-21
0.3Avg monthly observed
0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
0.56×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City, MO).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Ward Parkway
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.7%Housing insecurity
6.1%Utility shutoff threat
7.9%Food insecurity
5.1%SNAP enrollment
6.2%No health insurance
27.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Ward Parkway
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Ward Parkway?
Ward Parkway scores 3.1/10 (Lower tier) across 2 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 Ward Parkway compare to Kansas City overall?
Ward Parkway scores 0.9 points lower than Kansas City overall (4/10). Renters spend 38% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,489 vs $1,238.
Q3
What is the average rent in Ward Parkway?
Average gross rent in Ward Parkway is $1,489/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Ward Parkway residents are renters?
25% of Ward Parkway households are renter-occupied (vs 45% in Kansas City). The neighborhood has 5,309 residents.
Q5
Is Ward Parkway a high social-vulnerability area?
Ward Parkway 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
Which tracts in Ward Parkway have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Ward Parkway is census tract 29095009300 (score 3.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3.3, a spread of 0.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Ward Parkway for landlords?
Ward Parkway carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.1/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Ward Parkway?
Ward Parkway has 5,326 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (82.6%), Hispanic / Latino (7.3%), Other / Multiracial (5.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
