Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
West Plaza Eviction Risk: Lower , Kansas City
Tract 29095007100 · Jackson County, MO · pop 3,334 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 3.3/10, tract 29095007100 in the West Plaza area of Kansas City, MO reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,334 residents. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,941
Renter share64.3%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate8.1%
Median income$80,304
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.0465, -94.6018 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Plaza scores 3.3
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
8.1% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,535 rent vs county FMR
6.4
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 West Plaza compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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
- 1%Grade B
- 98%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 522Total filings over 14 yrs
- 3.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.9%Peak (2005)
- 18Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 55% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 211Total filings 2020-21
- 2.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.42×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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.9%Food insecurity
- 4.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Plaza
Running hot, 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. Average gross rent is $1,535, 24% above the Kansas City average.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2/10. 36% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Jackson County average of 43.0%.
SNAP participation runs 4.6% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 7.9% against 17.8% nationally.
Against the Jackson County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. The filing record is not thin: 522 evictions over 14 years of observation.
The voucher gap is 14.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Filings peaked in 2005 at 7.9% 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 3.4% of renter households face a filing.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095007100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095007100?
Census tract 29095007100 in the West Plaza neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 29095007100?
Median gross rent is $1,535/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095007100?
8.1% of residents in tract 29095007100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,334.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095007100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 3th, minority 36th, housing 83th.
Q5
Is tract 29095007100 considered part of West Plaza?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095007100 fall within West Plaza (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095007100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 522 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095007100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.40% of renter households, peaking at 7.9% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095007100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.42× 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 29095007100 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095007100 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095007100 scores 3.3/10, 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 29095007100 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. 0% 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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