Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Owen Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 20209043600 · Wyandotte County, KS · pop 5,463 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
For landlords sizing up Owen Heights in Kansas City, census tract 20209043600 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. It lands near the 53rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
64% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,212 a month while the average household earns $54,545 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units2,268
Renter share21.8%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate12.9%
Median income$54,545
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
32
th percentile
Low
Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.0506, -94.6954 · click any tract to drill in
Why Owen Heights scores 4.1
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
12.9% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,212 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 Owen Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 38Total filings over 1 yrs
- 7.06%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.1%Peak (2016)
- 38Filings 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.
- 16.9%Housing insecurity
- 12.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.9%Food insecurity
- 11.7%SNAP enrollment
- 10.5%Transit barriers
- 17.1%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 31.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Owen Heights
The score leans hardest on supply constraint 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 riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 16.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.4% 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 20209043600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20209043600?
Census tract 20209043600 in the Owen Heights neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 20209043600?
Median gross rent is $1,212/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20209043600?
12.9% of residents in tract 20209043600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,463.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20209043600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 84th, minority 61th, housing 15th.
Q5
Is tract 20209043600 considered part of Owen Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20209043600 fall within Owen Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 20209043600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 38 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 20209043600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.06% of renter households, peaking at 7.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 20209043600 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.9% 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. 12.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 20209043600 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 20209043600 scores 4.1/10, 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 20209043600 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. 0% 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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