Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Pendleton Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 29095001000 · Jackson County, MO · pop 3,203 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
29095001000 is a census tract in the Pendleton Heights area of Kansas City, MO. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,203 residents. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.4/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units1,200
Renter share70.3%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate31.6%
Median income$34,044
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
97
th percentile
Very High
Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.1117, -94.5557 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pendleton Heights scores 5.4
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
31.6% poverty · this tract
7.9
Supply constraint
$863 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Pendleton Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 77%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
- 67%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)
- 996Total filings over 14 yrs
- 9.30%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.3%Peak (2010)
- 56Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 16% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 273Total filings 2020-21
- 3.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.60×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Kansas City, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Pendleton 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.
- 27.6%Housing insecurity
- 21.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.4%Food insecurity
- 29.7%SNAP enrollment
- 18.2%Transit barriers
- 16.1%No health insurance
- 22.5%Frequent mental distress
- 42.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pendleton Heights
Average gross rent is $863, 30% below the Kansas City average. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. This is renter territory: 70% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. SNAP participation runs 29.7% against 15.2% nationally.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 21.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Against the Jackson County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 996 filings here across 14 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2010, when 10.3% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095001000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095001000?
Census tract 29095001000 in the Pendleton Heights neighborhood 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 29095001000?
Median gross rent is $863/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095001000?
31.6% of residents in tract 29095001000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,203.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095001000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 92th, minority 77th, housing 56th.
Q5
Is tract 29095001000 considered part of Pendleton Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095001000 fall within Pendleton Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095001000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 996 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095001000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.30% of renter households, peaking at 10.3% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095001000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.60× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City eviction risk, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29095001000 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.6% 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. 21.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095001000 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095001000 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.
Q10
Was tract 29095001000 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. 67% 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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