Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Westheight Eviction Risk: Lower , Kansas City
Tract 20209040600 · Wyandotte County, KS · pop 2,631 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
20209040600 is a census tract in the Westheight area of Kansas City, KS. It scores 3.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,631. Cost burden runs 21% here against 44.1% across Wyandotte County.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units994
Renter share39.0%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate19.0%
Median income$65,880
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.1321, -94.6642 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westheight scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kansas City
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Kansas legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
19.0% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$871 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kansas City
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kansas City
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kansas City
3.0
How Westheight compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 82%Grade C
- 7%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 40Total filings over 1 yrs
- 12.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.5%Peak (2016)
- 40Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Westheight. 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.
- 26.7%Housing insecurity
- 20.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.8%Food insecurity
- 21.2%SNAP enrollment
- 16.0%Transit barriers
- 22.3%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 35.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westheight
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.5/10.
Housing insecurity runs 26.7% against 14.2% nationally. At $871 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Kansas City commands.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 20.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Court records carry 40 eviction filings across 1 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 12.5% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 12.5% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #56,048 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.8/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 20209040600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20209040600?
Census tract 20209040600 in the Westheight neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 20209040600?
Median gross rent is $871/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20209040600?
19.0% of residents in tract 20209040600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,631.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20209040600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 89th, minority 93th, housing 21th.
Q5
Is tract 20209040600 considered part of Westheight?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20209040600 fall within Westheight (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 20209040600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 40 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 20209040600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.46% of renter households, peaking at 12.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 20209040600 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.7% 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. 20.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 20209040600 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 20209040600 scores 3.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Kansas City at 3.4/10. 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.
Q9
Was tract 20209040600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 7% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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