Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Riverview Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 20209042100 · Wyandotte County, KS · pop 2,954 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 20209042100 sits in the Riverview area of Kansas City eviction risk, KS, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. Population here is 2,954. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units882
Renter share27.8%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate28.8%
Median income$56,042
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.1064, -94.6414 · 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
28.8% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$1,288 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%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
- 38%Grade C
- 62%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
- 5.57%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.6%Peak (2016)
- 24Filings 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.
- 29.1%Housing insecurity
- 20.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.2%Food insecurity
- 23.6%SNAP enrollment
- 18.1%Transit barriers
- 31.8%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 38.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Riverview
Food insecurity runs 37.2% against 17.8% nationally. Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10. The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Cost burden runs 36% here against 44.1% across Wyandotte County.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 20.5% 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 24 filings here across 1 tracked years. At $1,288 a month, rents run 15% over what the rest of Kansas City commands.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 5.6% of renter households.
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 20209042100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20209042100?
Census tract 20209042100 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 20209042100?
Median gross rent is $1,288/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20209042100?
28.8% of residents in tract 20209042100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,954.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20209042100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 96th, minority 85th, housing 64th.
Q5
Is tract 20209042100 considered part of Riverview?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20209042100 fall within Riverview (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 20209042100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 24 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 20209042100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.57% of renter households, peaking at 5.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 20209042100 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.1% 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. 20.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 20209042100 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 20209042100 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 20209042100 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. 62% 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
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4.8
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4.8
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