Within neighborhood
83
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Riverview Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 20209042002 · Wyandotte County, KS · pop 1,582 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 20209042002 sits in the Riverview area of Kansas City eviction risk, KS, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.8/10.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units600
Renter share49.3%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate39.2%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.1044, -94.6313 · click any tract to drill in
Why Riverview scores 4.8
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
39.2% poverty · this tract
9.8
Supply constraint
$772 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Riverview compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 100%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)
- 18Total filings over 1 yrs
- 4.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2016)
- 18Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Riverview. 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.
- 30.1%Housing insecurity
- 22.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 39.7%Food insecurity
- 27.3%SNAP enrollment
- 19.2%Transit barriers
- 32.1%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 41.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Riverview
Food insecurity runs 39.7% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 39%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $772, 31% below the Kansas City average.
Cost burden runs 34% here against 44.1% across Wyandotte County. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 22.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Against the Wyandotte County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 18 filings here across 1 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2016, when 4.9% of renter households were served.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 20209042002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20209042002?
Census tract 20209042002 in the Riverview neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 20209042002?
Median gross rent is $772/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20209042002?
39.2% of residents in tract 20209042002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,582.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20209042002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 42th, minority 95th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 20209042002 considered part of Riverview?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20209042002 fall within Riverview (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 20209042002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 18 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 20209042002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.88% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 20209042002 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.1% 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. 22.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 20209042002 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 20209042002 scores 4.8/10, higher than 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 20209042002 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 100% 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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Highest-risk tracts in Kansas City
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4.8
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
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