Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally
Lykins Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 29095001900 · Jackson County, MO · pop 3,197 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
The Lykins neighborhood of Kansas City anchors census tract 29095001900, which lands at 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 80th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 75% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 58% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,035 a month while the average household earns $25,260 a year, roughly 49% of income at the averages. About 54% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,278
Renter share53.9%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate36.0%
Median income$25,260
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.1018, -94.5253 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lykins scores 5.8
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
36.0% poverty · this tract
9.0
Supply constraint
$1,035 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Lykins compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%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
- 68%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)
- 675Total filings over 14 yrs
- 6.87%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.1%Peak (2009)
- 37Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 30% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 249Total filings 2020-21
- 3.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.96×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 Lykins. 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.
- 40.7%Housing insecurity
- 31.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 53.9%Food insecurity
- 50.0%SNAP enrollment
- 27.8%Transit barriers
- 32.5%No health insurance
- 25.1%Frequent mental distress
- 55.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lykins
The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.96x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 675 eviction filings here over 14 tracked years, with about 6.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.1% of renter households in 2009.
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 29095001900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095001900?
Census tract 29095001900 in the Lykins neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 29095001900?
Median gross rent is $1,035/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095001900?
36.0% of residents in tract 29095001900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,197.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095001900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 57th, minority 86th, housing 54th.
Q5
Is tract 29095001900 considered part of Lykins?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095001900 fall within Lykins (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095001900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 675 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095001900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.87% of renter households, peaking at 10.1% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095001900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.96× 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 29095001900 struggle to pay rent?
About 40.7% 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. 31.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095001900 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095001900 scores 5.8/10, 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 29095001900 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. 68% 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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