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Oak Park Southwest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City

Tract 29095006100 · Jackson County, MO · pop 2,568 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 29095006100 sits in the Oak Park Southwest neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. It has a population of 2,568 and an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10 (Moderate tier). 44% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 28% severely cost-burdened (≥50%).

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 21% Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,266
Renter share37.6%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate26.3%

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank — 50th percentileBottomTop
#1 of 1 tracts In Oak Park Southwest
Moderate
Within parent city
73 th percentile
Rank — 73th percentileBottomTop
#45 of 163 tracts In Kansas City
Elevated
Within county
60 th percentile
Rank — 60th percentileBottomTop
#91 of 227 tracts In Jackson County
Elevated
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank — 84th percentileBottomTop
#259 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kansas City and the region

Centroid at 39.0477, -94.5491 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oak Park Southwest scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
26.3% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$1,114 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Southwest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Oak Park Southwest risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.75.7This tracttract 006100Kansas City: 4.14.1Kansas Cityparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.84.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 942Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 19.30%Avg annual filing rate
  • 39.1%Peak (2007)
  • 65Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 — 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 290950061002003: 47 filings (14.20/100 renter HHs)2004: 56 filings (16.92/100 renter HHs)2005: 60 filings (22.99/100 renter HHs)2006: 77 filings (29.50/100 renter HHs)2007: 102 filings (39.08/100 renter HHs)2008: 92 filings (35.25/100 renter HHs)2009: 75 filings (28.74/100 renter HHs)2010: 61 filings (16.31/100 renter HHs)2011: 52 filings (8.83/100 renter HHs)2012: 65 filings (11.04/100 renter HHs)2013: 60 filings (10.19/100 renter HHs)2014: 60 filings (10.19/100 renter HHs)2015: 70 filings (11.88/100 renter HHs)2017: 65 filings (15.05/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 38% over the past 14 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 342Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 4.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.92×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 — 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 4 filings (1.45× baseline)2020-02-01: 3 filings (0.60× baseline)2020-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 4 filings (1.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 2 filings (0.26× baseline)2020-07-01: 4 filings (0.67× baseline)2020-08-01: 2 filings (0.22× baseline)2020-09-01: 3 filings (0.75× baseline)2020-10-01: 1 filings (0.18× baseline)2020-11-01: 4 filings (1.07× baseline)2020-12-01: 5 filings (1.18× baseline)2021-01-01: 1 filings (0.36× baseline)2021-02-01: 5 filings (1.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 4 filings (0.89× baseline)2021-04-01: 1 filings (0.25× baseline)2021-05-01: 2 filings (0.38× baseline)2021-06-01: 1 filings (0.13× baseline)2021-07-01: 3 filings (0.50× baseline)2021-08-01: 2 filings (0.22× baseline)2021-09-01: 7 filings (1.75× baseline)2021-10-01: 6 filings (1.09× baseline)2021-11-01: 4 filings (1.07× baseline)2021-12-01: 3 filings (0.71× baseline)2022-01-01: 3 filings (1.09× baseline)2022-02-01: 2 filings (0.40× baseline)2022-03-01: 5 filings (1.11× baseline)2022-04-01: 6 filings (1.50× baseline)2022-05-01: 2 filings (0.38× baseline)2022-06-01: 7 filings (0.90× baseline)2022-07-01: 5 filings (0.83× baseline)2022-08-01: 5 filings (0.56× baseline)2022-09-01: 8 filings (2.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 3 filings (0.55× baseline)2022-11-01: 7 filings (1.87× baseline)2022-12-01: 3 filings (0.71× baseline)2023-01-01: 5 filings (1.82× baseline)2023-02-01: 5 filings (1.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 7 filings (1.56× baseline)2023-04-01: 6 filings (1.50× baseline)2023-05-01: 10 filings (1.90× baseline)2023-06-01: 4 filings (0.52× baseline)2023-07-01: 6 filings (1.00× baseline)2023-08-01: 5 filings (0.56× baseline)2023-09-01: 5 filings (1.25× baseline)2023-10-01: 7 filings (1.27× baseline)2023-11-01: 7 filings (1.87× baseline)2023-12-01: 2 filings (0.47× baseline)2024-01-01: 7 filings (2.55× baseline)2024-02-01: 9 filings (1.80× baseline)2024-03-01: 5 filings (1.11× baseline)2024-04-01: 7 filings (1.75× baseline)2024-05-01: 6 filings (1.14× baseline)2024-06-01: 3 filings (0.39× baseline)2024-07-01: 6 filings (1.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 7 filings (0.78× baseline)2024-09-01: 7 filings (1.75× baseline)2024-10-01: 8 filings (1.45× baseline)2024-11-01: 3 filings (0.80× baseline)2024-12-01: 4 filings (0.94× baseline)2025-01-01: 3 filings (1.09× baseline)2025-02-01: 4 filings (0.80× baseline)2025-03-01: 6 filings (1.33× baseline)2025-04-01: 5 filings (1.25× baseline)2025-05-01: 1 filings (0.19× baseline)2025-06-01: 6 filings (0.77× baseline)2025-07-01: 11 filings (1.83× baseline)2025-08-01: 9 filings (1.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 4 filings (1.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 8 filings (1.45× baseline)2025-11-01: 2 filings (0.53× baseline)2025-12-01: 4 filings (0.94× baseline)2026-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× 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.

Frequently asked

About tract 29095006100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095006100?

Census tract 29095006100 in the Oak Park Southwest neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 29095006100?

Median gross rent is $1,114/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29095006100?

26.3% of residents in tract 29095006100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,568.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29095006100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 98th, minority 93th, housing 15th.

Q5

Is tract 29095006100 considered part of Oak Park Southwest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095006100 fall within Oak Park Southwest (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095006100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 942 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095006100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.30% of renter households, peaking at 39.1% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 29095006100 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.92× 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 29095006100 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.2% 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. 21.9% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q9

How does tract 29095006100 compare to Kansas City overall?

Tract 29095006100 scores 5.7/10 — 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 29095006100 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. 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kansas City

Top eight tracts in Kansas City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Tract · MO
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6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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South Blue Valley
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
Santa Fe
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
Beacon Hill
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
Key Coalition
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MO
Palestine East
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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South Town Fork Creek
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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North Indian Mound
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.3 / 10
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