Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally

North Indian Mound Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City

Tract 29095000700 · Jackson County, MO · pop 3,808 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 29095000700 covers part of the North Indian Mound area of Kansas City, MO, and scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,808. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.

Risk score

4.9

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 13% Owners 72%

Tract context

Occupied units1,580

Renter share27.8%

SVI overall0.77

Poverty rate14.5%

Median income$43,961

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Kansas City and the region

Centroid at 39.1127, -94.5233 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Indian Mound scores 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

14.5% poverty · this tract

3.6

Supply constraint

$1,009 rent vs county FMR

2.5

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 North Indian Mound compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

72%Socioeconomic
76%Household composition
69%Racial/ethnic minority
67%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
71%Grade C
21%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)

582Total filings over 14 yrs
9.18%Avg annual filing rate
12.3%Peak (2003)
29Filings in 2017 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2003 to 2017

Filings dropped 54% over the past 14 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

167Total filings 2020-21
2.2Avg monthly (observed)
2.8Pre-pandemic baseline
0.76×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01

Pandemic filings ran below 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 North Indian Mound. 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.

23.3%Housing insecurity
15.0%Utility-shutoff threat
27.7%Food insecurity
18.7%SNAP enrollment
14.2%Transit barriers
20.6%No health insurance
19.8%Frequent mental distress
40.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in North Indian Mound

Against Jackson County at 43.0%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Running cool, state political climate reads 2.1/10. Average gross rent is $1,009, 18% below the Kansas City average.

Food insecurity runs 27.7% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 582 eviction filings across 14 observed years. It sits 0.7 points above the Jackson County average of 4.2.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2003, when 12.3% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Greater Kansas City. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

In a typical year about 9.2% of renter households face a filing.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 29095000700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095000700?

Census tract 29095000700 in the North Indian Mound neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 29095000700?

Median gross rent is $1,009/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 29095000700?

14.5% of residents in tract 29095000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,808.

How socially vulnerable is tract 29095000700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 76th, minority 69th, housing 67th.

Is tract 29095000700 considered part of North Indian Mound?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095000700 fall within North Indian Mound (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095000700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 582 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095000700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.18% of renter households, peaking at 12.3% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 29095000700 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.76× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City eviction risk, MO), 2020-2021.

What share of households in tract 29095000700 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.3% 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. 15.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 29095000700 compare to Kansas City overall?

Tract 29095000700 scores 4.9/10, 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.

Q10

Was tract 29095000700 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. 21% 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kansas City

Top eight tracts in Kansas City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org