Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Kensington Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 20209042200 · Wyandotte County, KS · pop 1,856 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
The Kensington neighborhood of Kansas City is where census tract 20209042200 sits, home to 1,856 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.1/10. That is riskier than roughly 43% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
39% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,074 a month while the average household earns $59,539 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units591
Renter share29.4%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate16.1%
Median income$59,539
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
71
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.1022, -94.6580 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kensington scores 4.3
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
16.1% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,074 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Kensington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 18%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
- 26%Grade C
- 37%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)
- 8Total filings over 1 yrs
- 3.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.3%Peak (2016)
- 8Filings 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.
- 28.7%Housing insecurity
- 21.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.8%Food insecurity
- 25.1%SNAP enrollment
- 18.2%Transit barriers
- 29.5%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 38.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kensington
The score leans hardest on economic stress at $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 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.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 66th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 8 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 3.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.3% of renter households in 2016.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 20209042200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20209042200?
Census tract 20209042200 in the Kensington neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 20209042200?
Median gross rent is $1,074/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20209042200?
16.1% of residents in tract 20209042200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,856.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20209042200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 62th, minority 84th, housing 18th.
Q5
Is tract 20209042200 considered part of Kensington?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20209042200 fall within Kensington (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 20209042200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 20209042200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.28% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 20209042200 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.7% 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. 21.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 20209042200 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 20209042200 scores 4.3/10, 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 20209042200 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. 37% 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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