Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Westheight Eviction Risk: Lower , Kansas City
Tract 20209041600 · Wyandotte County, KS · pop 3,539 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 20209041600 covers Westheight in Kansas City in Kansas. Home to 3,539 residents, it scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 35% of US census tracts.
About 39% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,172 a month against an average household income of $59,888 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,125
Renter share36.2%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$59,888
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.1152, -94.6552 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westheight scores 3.8
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
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,172 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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
- 35%Grade B
- 56%Grade C
- 4%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)
- 24Total filings over 1 yrs
- 5.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.8%Peak (2016)
- 24Filings 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.
- 21.9%Housing insecurity
- 14.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.3%Food insecurity
- 14.5%SNAP enrollment
- 12.8%Transit barriers
- 24.6%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 33.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westheight
The heaviest input here is 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 24 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 5.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.8% of renter households in 2016.
In CDC survey modeling, about 21.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 20209041600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20209041600?
Census tract 20209041600 in the Westheight neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 20209041600?
Median gross rent is $1,172/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20209041600?
9.8% of residents in tract 20209041600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,539.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20209041600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 55th, minority 90th, housing 83th.
Q5
Is tract 20209041600 considered part of Westheight?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20209041600 fall within Westheight (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 20209041600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 24 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 20209041600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.81% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 20209041600 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.9% 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. 14.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 20209041600 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 20209041600 scores 3.8/10, 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 20209041600 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. 4% 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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