Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,404 of 84,120 nationally
Center City Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 29095005200 · Jackson County, MO · pop 1,027 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 29095005200 sits in the Center City neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. It has a population of 1,027 and an eviction-risk score of 5.9/10 (Moderate tier). 37% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 24% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $297/month against a median household income of $33,849 — roughly 11% rent-to-income at the medians.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units483
Renter share54.9%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate43.4%
Median income$33,849
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.0667, -94.5669 · click any tract to drill in
Why Center City scores 5.9
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
43.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$297 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Center City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%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
- 50%Grade C
- 50%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 · Princeton Eviction Lab
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.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 448Total filings over 14 yrs
- 9.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.8%Peak (2005)
- 28Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 189Total filings 2020-21
- 2.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.25×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near 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.
- 32.5%Housing insecurity
- 26.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 41.1%Food insecurity
- 39.8%SNAP enrollment
- 21.9%Transit barriers
- 15.4%No health insurance
- 23.7%Frequent mental distress
- 51.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About tract 29095005200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095005200?
Census tract 29095005200 in the Center City neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 29095005200?
Median gross rent is $297/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095005200?
43.4% of residents in tract 29095005200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,027.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095005200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 14th, minority 84th, housing 97th.
Q5
Is tract 29095005200 considered part of Center City?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095005200 fall within Center City (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095005200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 448 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095005200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.59% of renter households, peaking at 14.8% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095005200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.25× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City eviction risk, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29095005200 struggle to pay rent?
About 32.5% 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. 26.8% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095005200 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095005200 scores 5.9/10 — higher than the parent city of Kansas City at 4.1/10. 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 29095005200 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. 50% 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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