Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Bethel Eviction Risk: Lower , Kansas City
Tract 20209044201 · Wyandotte County, KS · pop 3,668 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
20209044201 is a census tract in the Bethel area of Kansas City, KS. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,668 residents. 44% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,391
Renter share12.2%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$71,238
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.1358, -94.7733 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bethel scores 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
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,370 rent vs county FMR
5.2
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 Bethel compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%Housing & transportation
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)
- 26Total filings over 1 yrs
- 9.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.7%Peak (2016)
- 26Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.
- 13.5%Housing insecurity
- 10.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.5%Food insecurity
- 8.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 10.8%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 29.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bethel
Cost burden runs 64% here against 44.1% across Wyandotte County. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,370, 22% above the Kansas City average.
The filing record is not thin: 26 evictions over 1 years of observation. It sits 0.8 points below the Wyandotte County average of 3.8.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 9.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 9.7% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 12% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 20209044201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20209044201?
Census tract 20209044201 in the Bethel neighborhood scores 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 20209044201?
Median gross rent is $1,370/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20209044201?
6.2% of residents in tract 20209044201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,668.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20209044201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 88th, minority 71th, housing 52th.
Q5
Is tract 20209044201 considered part of Bethel?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20209044201 fall within Bethel (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 20209044201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 26 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 20209044201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.67% of renter households, peaking at 9.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 20209044201 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.5% 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 20209044201 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 20209044201 scores 3/10, lower 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.
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