Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Shawnee Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Kansas City
Tract 20209043000 · Wyandotte County, KS · pop 3,399 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
20209043000 is a census tract in the Shawnee Heights area of Kansas City, KS. It scores 3.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,399. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,631
Renter share27.4%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate12.1%
Median income$49,840
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.0638, -94.6295 · click any tract to drill in
Why Shawnee Heights scores 3.3
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
12.1% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,240 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 Shawnee Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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
- 21%Grade C
- 52%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)
- 1Total filings over 1 yrs
- 5.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2016)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Shawnee Heights. 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.
- 17.8%Housing insecurity
- 12.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.0%Food insecurity
- 11.5%SNAP enrollment
- 10.7%Transit barriers
- 20.0%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 31.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Shawnee Heights
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.0% against 11.3% nationally.
Court records carry 1 eviction filings across 1 observed years. At $1,240 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Kansas City commands. Filings peaked in 2016 at 5.9% 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 5.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 7.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 43% of renters.
It tracks the Wyandotte County average of 3.8 closely. Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $49,840.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 20209043000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20209043000?
Census tract 20209043000 in the Shawnee Heights neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 20209043000?
Median gross rent is $1,240/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20209043000?
12.1% of residents in tract 20209043000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,399.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20209043000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 71th, minority 64th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 20209043000 considered part of Shawnee Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20209043000 fall within Shawnee Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 20209043000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 20209043000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.88% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 20209043000 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.8% 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. 12.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 20209043000 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 20209043000 scores 3.3/10, right in line with 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 20209043000 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. 52% 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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