Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Riverview Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 20209042300 · Wyandotte County, KS · pop 3,344 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
20209042300 is a census tract in the Riverview area of Kansas City, KS. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,344 residents. 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 24%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,033
Renter share50.1%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate30.6%
Median income$42,614
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
95
th percentile
Very High
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.0986, -94.6425 · 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
30.6% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$728 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: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%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
- 74%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)
- 83Total filings over 1 yrs
- 14.74%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.7%Peak (2016)
- 83Filings 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.
- 28.0%Housing insecurity
- 20.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.7%Food insecurity
- 23.3%SNAP enrollment
- 17.4%Transit barriers
- 30.5%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 38.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Riverview
At $728 a month, rents run 35% under what the rest of Kansas City commands. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. 22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
The poverty rate is 31%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10. Housing insecurity runs 28.0% against 14.2% nationally.
It sits 1.0 points above the Wyandotte County average of 3.8. Against Wyandotte County at 44.1%, about half of renters here are cost-burdened.
Court records carry 83 eviction filings across 1 observed years. SNAP participation runs 23.3% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2016 at 14.7% of renter households.
This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Greater Kansas City. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 14.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 20209042300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20209042300?
Census tract 20209042300 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 20209042300?
Median gross rent is $728/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20209042300?
30.6% of residents in tract 20209042300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,344.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20209042300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 96th, minority 82th, housing 72th.
Q5
Is tract 20209042300 considered part of Riverview?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20209042300 fall within Riverview (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 20209042300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 83 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 20209042300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.74% of renter households, peaking at 14.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 20209042300 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.0% 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 20209042300 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 20209042300 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 20209042300 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. 74% 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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