Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally
Columbus Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 29095000300 · Jackson County, MO · pop 2,085 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 29095000300 (the Columbus Park neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri) comes in at $1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 75% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,144 monthly, set against $53,990 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 79% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 44%
Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units1,123
Renter share78.5%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate34.8%
Median income$53,990
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.1142, -94.5707 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbus Park scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kansas City
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
34.8% poverty · this tract
8.7
Supply constraint
$1,144 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Columbus Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 33%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)
- 253Total filings over 14 yrs
- 3.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.5%Peak (2009)
- 12Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 71% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 182Total filings 2020-21
- 2.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.66×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Kansas City, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Columbus Park. 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.
- 18.7%Housing insecurity
- 14.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.9%Food insecurity
- 18.5%SNAP enrollment
- 12.9%Transit barriers
- 11.4%No health insurance
- 21.6%Frequent mental distress
- 36.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Columbus Park
What moves this score most is economic stress at 8.7/10. 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 above the Jackson County average of 5.5 and above the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 33% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 78th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095000300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095000300?
Census tract 29095000300 in the Columbus Park neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 29095000300?
Median gross rent is $1,144/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095000300?
34.8% of residents in tract 29095000300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,085.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095000300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 76th, minority 64th, housing 56th.
Q5
Is tract 29095000300 considered part of Columbus Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095000300 fall within Columbus Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095000300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 253 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095000300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.36% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095000300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.66× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City eviction risk, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29095000300 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.7% 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. 14.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095000300 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095000300 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Kansas City at 3/10. 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.
Q10
Was tract 29095000300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 33% 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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