Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Plaza-Westport Eviction Risk: Lower , Kansas City
Tract 29095006900 · Jackson County, MO · pop 1,454 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 29095006900 covers part of the Plaza-Westport area of Kansas City, MO, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,048
Renter share57.2%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$112,682
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.0465, -94.5909 · click any tract to drill in
Why Plaza-Westport scores 3
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
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,436 rent vs county FMR
5.7
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 Plaza-Westport compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 12
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%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
- 11%Grade B
- 58%Grade C
- 29%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)
- 231Total filings over 14 yrs
- 2.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.2%Peak (2005)
- 7Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 63% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 45Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.68×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Kansas City, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Plaza-Westport. 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.
- 6.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.8%Food insecurity
- 3.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 5.0%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 23.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Plaza-Westport
32% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Jackson County average of 43.0%. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.7/10.
Food insecurity runs 5.8% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Jackson County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points.
Average gross rent is $1,436, 16% above the Kansas City average. The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Court records carry 231 eviction filings across 14 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 6.7% against 14.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2005 at 4.2% 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 2.6% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095006900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095006900?
Census tract 29095006900 in the Plaza-Westport neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 29095006900?
Median gross rent is $1,436/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095006900?
6.7% of residents in tract 29095006900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,454.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095006900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 1th, minority 26th, housing 72th.
Q5
Is tract 29095006900 considered part of Plaza-Westport?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095006900 fall within Plaza-Westport (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095006900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 231 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095006900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.56% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095006900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.68× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City eviction risk, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29095006900 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.7% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095006900 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095006900 scores 3/10, 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 29095006900 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. 29% 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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