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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally

Kensington Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City

Tract 20209041500 · Wyandotte County, KS · pop 2,750 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

How risky is the Kensington neighborhood of Kansas City for landlords? Census tract 20209041500 scores 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #29,533 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 56% of renter households, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,014 a month while the average household earns $50,764 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 60% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 27% Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units897
Renter share60.3%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate24.5%
Median income$50,764

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Kensington
Very High
Within parent city
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#18 of 61 tracts In Kansas City
Elevated
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#18 of 64 tracts In Wyandotte County
Elevated
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#127 of 829 tracts In Kansas
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kansas City and the region

Centroid at 39.1103, -94.6711 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kensington scores 5

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
24.5% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$1,014 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Kensington compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Kensington risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.05.0This tracttract 041500Kansas City: 2.72.7Kansas Cityparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.53.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 85

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)

  • 25Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 4.43%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.4%Peak (2016)
  • 25Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Kensington. 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 Kensington

What moves this score most is economic stress at 6.1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above the Wyandotte County average of 5.2 and above the Kansas statewide average of 4.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 13% 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 racially mixed and ranks around the 85th 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 20209041500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20209041500?

Census tract 20209041500 in the Kensington neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 20209041500?

Median gross rent is $1,014/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 20209041500?

24.5% of residents in tract 20209041500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,750.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 20209041500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 70th, minority 87th, housing 71th.
Q5

Is tract 20209041500 considered part of Kensington?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20209041500 fall within Kensington (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 20209041500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 25 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 20209041500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.43% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 20209041500 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.4% 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. 21.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 20209041500 compare to Kansas City overall?

Tract 20209041500 scores 5/10, 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 20209041500 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. 13% 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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