Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Owen Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Kansas City
Tract 20209043500 · Wyandotte County, KS · pop 1,606 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
The Owen Heights neighborhood of Kansas City is where census tract 20209043500 sits, home to 1,606 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is $1/10. That is riskier than about 12% of US census tracts.
About 5% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,471 monthly, set against $63,281 in average yearly household income, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 31% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units642
Renter share30.5%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$63,281
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
27
th percentile
Low
Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.0528, -94.6730 · click any tract to drill in
Why Owen Heights scores 3.8
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
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,471 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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 Owen Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 3%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
- 22%Grade C
- 16%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)
- 4Total filings over 1 yrs
- 3.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2016)
- 4Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Owen 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.
- 14.0%Housing insecurity
- 10.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.5%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 14.6%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 28.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Owen Heights
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 5.9/10. 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 below the Wyandotte County average of 5.2 and in line with the Kansas statewide average of 4.2. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 32nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 4 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 3.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.5% 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 20209043500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20209043500?
Census tract 20209043500 in the Owen Heights neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 20209043500?
Median gross rent is $1,471/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 5% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20209043500?
10.1% of residents in tract 20209043500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,606.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20209043500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 86th, minority 44th, housing 3th.
Q5
Is tract 20209043500 considered part of Owen Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20209043500 fall within Owen Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 20209043500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 4 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 20209043500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.54% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 20209043500 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.0% 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. 10.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 20209043500 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 20209043500 scores 3.8/10, 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 20209043500 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. 16% 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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