Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Independence Plaza Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 29095001800 · Jackson County, MO · pop 2,582 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 29095001800 covers part of the Independence Plaza area of Kansas City, MO, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,582 residents. The severe-burden share is 52%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,141
Renter share61.9%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate27.0%
Median income$37,372
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.1023, -94.5443 · click any tract to drill in
Why Independence Plaza 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
27.0% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$1,164 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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 Independence Plaza compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%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
- 100%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)
- 952Total filings over 14 yrs
- 11.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.5%Peak (2008)
- 73Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 275Total filings 2020-21
- 3.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.85×Ratio to baseline
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 Independence Plaza. 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.
- 30.7%Housing insecurity
- 21.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.3%Food insecurity
- 29.4%SNAP enrollment
- 19.2%Transit barriers
- 23.0%No health insurance
- 22.9%Frequent mental distress
- 46.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Independence Plaza
Cost burden runs 64% here against 43.0% across Jackson County. Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income of $37,372, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Housing insecurity runs 30.7% against 14.2% nationally. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
SNAP participation runs 29.4% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.1/10. Against the Jackson County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. The filing record is not thin: 952 evictions over 14 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2008, when 14.5% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 11.2% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095001800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095001800?
Census tract 29095001800 in the Independence Plaza 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 29095001800?
Median gross rent is $1,164/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095001800?
27.0% of residents in tract 29095001800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,582.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095001800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 87th, minority 83th, housing 98th.
Q5
Is tract 29095001800 considered part of Independence Plaza?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095001800 fall within Independence Plaza (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095001800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 952 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095001800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.23% of renter households, peaking at 14.5% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095001800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.85× 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.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29095001800 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.7% 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. 21.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095001800 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095001800 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 29095001800 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. 100% 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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