Within neighborhood
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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Oak Park Northwest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 29095005601 · Jackson County, MO · pop 1,746 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 5.1/10, tract 29095005601 in the Oak Park Northwest area of Kansas City, MO reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,746 residents. At $513 a month, rents run 59% under what the rest of Kansas City commands.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units817
Renter share49.3%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate16.7%
Median income$40,336
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.0661, -94.5484 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oak Park Northwest scores 5.1
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
16.7% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$513 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 Oak Park Northwest 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.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 76%Grade C
- 24%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)
- 541Total filings over 14 yrs
- 8.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.1%Peak (2006)
- 52Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 30% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 216Total filings 2020-21
- 2.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.12×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near 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 Oak Park Northwest. 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.
- 26.2%Housing insecurity
- 19.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.2%Food insecurity
- 23.9%SNAP enrollment
- 15.5%Transit barriers
- 13.8%No health insurance
- 20.2%Frequent mental distress
- 43.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oak Park Northwest
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Cost burden runs 35% here against 43.0% across Jackson County. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 19.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
SNAP participation runs 23.9% against 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 541 evictions over 14 years of observation.
It sits 0.9 points above the Jackson County average of 4.2. Filings peaked in 2006 at 14.1% of renter households.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 8.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095005601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095005601?
Census tract 29095005601 in the Oak Park Northwest neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 29095005601?
Median gross rent is $513/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095005601?
16.7% of residents in tract 29095005601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,746.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095005601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 98th, minority 93th, housing 75th.
Q5
Is tract 29095005601 considered part of Oak Park Northwest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095005601 fall within Oak Park Northwest (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095005601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 541 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095005601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.82% of renter households, peaking at 14.1% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095005601 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.12× 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 29095005601 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.2% 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. 19.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095005601 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095005601 scores 5.1/10, 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 29095005601 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 24% 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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