Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Washington Wheatley Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 29095003700 · Jackson County, MO · pop 1,265 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi
29095003700 is a census tract in the Washington Wheatley area of Kansas City, MO. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,265 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units502
Renter share34.7%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate16.0%
Median income$46,059
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.0807, -94.5477 · click any tract to drill in
Why Washington Wheatley scores 4.8
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
16.0% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$953 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Washington Wheatley compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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)
- 331Total filings over 14 yrs
- 10.41%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.9%Peak (2007)
- 35Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 192% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 96Total filings 2020-21
- 1.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.74×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Kansas City, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 32.0%Housing insecurity
- 25.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 38.9%Food insecurity
- 35.1%SNAP enrollment
- 20.3%Transit barriers
- 17.8%No health insurance
- 21.8%Frequent mental distress
- 49.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Washington Wheatley
Disability prevalence runs 49.2% against 31.5% nationally. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 25.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Against Jackson County at 43.0%, 34% of renters here are cost-burdened. At $953 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Kansas City commands.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2.1/10. The filing record is not thin: 331 evictions over 14 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2007 at 10.9% of renter households. 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 10.4% of renter households face a filing.
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 29095003700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095003700?
Census tract 29095003700 in the Washington Wheatley neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 29095003700?
Median gross rent is $953/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095003700?
16.0% of residents in tract 29095003700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,265.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095003700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 91th, minority 85th, housing 82th.
Q5
Is tract 29095003700 considered part of Washington Wheatley?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095003700 fall within Washington Wheatley (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095003700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 331 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095003700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.41% of renter households, peaking at 10.9% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095003700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.74× 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 29095003700 struggle to pay rent?
About 32.0% 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. 25.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095003700 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095003700 scores 4.8/10, 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 29095003700 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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