Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Union Hill Eviction Risk: Lower , Kansas City
Tract 29095004400 · Jackson County, MO · pop 1,625 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 29095004400 covers part of the Union Hill area of Kansas City, MO, and scores 3.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,625 residents. 29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,021
Renter share58.1%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate10.8%
Median income$90,565
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
23
th percentile
Low
Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.0783, -94.5868 · click any tract to drill in
Why Union Hill scores 3.4
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
10.8% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,499 rent vs county FMR
6.1
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 Union Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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
- 1%Grade C
- 17%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)
- 122Total filings over 13 yrs
- 2.77%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.9%Peak (2004)
- 1Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 94% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 46Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.19×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.2%Food insecurity
- 4.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 26.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Union Hill
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.1/10.
Average gross rent is $1,499, 21% above the Kansas City average. SNAP participation runs 4.3% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 7.2% against 17.8% nationally.
Court records carry 122 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Against the Jackson County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.
Filings peaked in 2004 at 7.9% of renter households. 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.
In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. 40% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095004400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095004400?
Census tract 29095004400 in the Union Hill neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (Lower 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 29095004400?
Median gross rent is $1,499/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095004400?
10.8% of residents in tract 29095004400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,625.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095004400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 3th, minority 26th, housing 10th.
Q5
Is tract 29095004400 considered part of Union Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095004400 fall within Union Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095004400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 122 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 29095004400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.77% of renter households, peaking at 7.9% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095004400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.19× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City eviction risk, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29095004400 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095004400 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095004400 scores 3.4/10, lower 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 29095004400 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. 17% 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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