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Neighborhood · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally

Westheight Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City

Tract 20209041300 · Wyandotte County, KS · pop 4,857 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

For landlords sizing up Westheight in Kansas City, census tract 20209041300 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. On the national scale it ranks #54,357 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 35% of renter households, a high level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,058 a month against an average household income of $58,940 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 23% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 15% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,715
Renter share22.9%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate14.8%
Median income$58,940

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Westheight
Moderate
Within parent city
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#35 of 61 tracts In Kansas City
Moderate
Within county
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#38 of 64 tracts In Wyandotte County
Moderate
Within state
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#261 of 829 tracts In Kansas
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kansas City and the region

Centroid at 39.1232, -94.6661 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westheight scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
14.8% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,058 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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.
Westheight risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.24.2This tracttract 041300Kansas City: 2.72.7Kansas Cityparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.53.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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

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.

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)

  • 31Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 3.74%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.7%Peak (2016)
  • 31Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westheight

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Kansas City eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Wyandotte County average of 5.2 and above the Kansas statewide average of 4.2. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 12% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 20209041300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20209041300?

Census tract 20209041300 in the Westheight neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 20209041300?

Median gross rent is $1,058/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 20209041300?

14.8% of residents in tract 20209041300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,857.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 20209041300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 93th, minority 87th, housing 56th.
Q5

Is tract 20209041300 considered part of Westheight?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20209041300 fall within Westheight (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 20209041300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 31 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 20209041300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.74% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 20209041300 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.2% 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. 17.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 20209041300 compare to Kansas City overall?

Tract 20209041300 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Kansas City at 2.7/10. 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 20209041300 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. 12% 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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