Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Shawnee Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Kansas City
Tract 20209043400 · Wyandotte County, KS · pop 2,136 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Census tract 20209043400 belongs to the Shawnee Heights neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas. It is home to 2,136 residents and scores 5.1/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 43% of US census tracts.
About 57% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,026 a month while the average household earns $61,488 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units741
Renter share23.1%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$61,488
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.0531, -94.6572 · click any tract to drill in
Why Shawnee Heights scores 3.6
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
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,026 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Shawnee Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 27%Grade C
- 19%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)
- 10Total filings over 1 yrs
- 3.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.6%Peak (2016)
- 10Filings 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.
- 13.3%Housing insecurity
- 9.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.4%Food insecurity
- 7.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 14.2%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Shawnee Heights
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 10 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 3.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.6% of renter households in 2016.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 20209043400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20209043400?
Census tract 20209043400 in the Shawnee Heights neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 20209043400?
Median gross rent is $1,026/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20209043400?
6.6% of residents in tract 20209043400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,136.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20209043400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 81th, minority 42th, housing 24th.
Q5
Is tract 20209043400 considered part of Shawnee Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20209043400 fall within Shawnee Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 20209043400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 10 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 20209043400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.60% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 20209043400 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.3% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 20209043400 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 20209043400 scores 3.6/10, 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 20209043400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 19% 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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