Within parent city
90
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Kansas City Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29047020603 · Clay County, MO · pop 4,429 · 75% of tract blocks fall in Kansas City
Census tract 29047020603 covers part of Kansas City, MO, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,862
Renter share44.3%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate20.3%
Median income$51,313
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.1907, -94.5038 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kansas City scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kansas City
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
20.3% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,055 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kansas City
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kansas City
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kansas City
4.0
How Kansas City 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.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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)
- 305Total filings over 9 yrs
- 8.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.1%Peak (2008)
- 29Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 31% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 16.1%Housing insecurity
- 11.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.2%Food insecurity
- 15.4%SNAP enrollment
- 11.0%Transit barriers
- 11.2%No health insurance
- 20.1%Frequent mental distress
- 40.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kansas City
The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against the Clay County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.1/10. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
The filing record is not thin: 305 evictions over 9 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,055, 15% below the Kansas City average.
The worst year on record was 2008, when 11.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 8.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.4/10. Statewide the MO average is 3.8, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 38% of renters.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 29047020603
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29047020603?
Census tract 29047020603 in Kansas City scores 5.4/10 (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 29047020603?
Median gross rent is $1,055/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29047020603?
20.3% of residents in tract 29047020603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,429.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29047020603?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 82th, minority 39th, housing 55th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29047020603?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 305 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 29047020603 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.23% of renter households, peaking at 11.1% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 29047020603 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.1% 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. 11.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 29047020603 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29047020603 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Kansas City at 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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