Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
South Plaza Eviction Risk: Lower , Kansas City
Tract 29095007400 · Jackson County, MO · pop 4,152 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 5.6/10, tract 29095007400 in South Plaza in Kansas City ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,152 residents. It lands near the 61st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 43% of renter households, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,782 monthly, set against $109,907 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 49% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,604
Renter share49.1%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate13.1%
Median income$109,907
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.0340, -94.5820 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Plaza scores 3.1
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
13.1% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,782 rent vs county FMR
8.2
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 South Plaza compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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
- 31%Grade B
- 48%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)
- 172Total filings over 14 yrs
- 1.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2009)
- 3Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 83% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 53Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.18×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 South Plaza. 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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.9%Food insecurity
- 4.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Plaza
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 8.2/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Kansas City eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Jackson County average of 5.5 and above the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095007400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095007400?
Census tract 29095007400 in the South Plaza neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 29095007400?
Median gross rent is $1,782/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095007400?
13.1% of residents in tract 29095007400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,152.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095007400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 1th, minority 30th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 29095007400 considered part of South Plaza?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095007400 fall within South Plaza (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095007400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 172 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095007400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.48% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095007400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.18× 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 29095007400 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095007400 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095007400 scores 3.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Kansas City at 3/10. 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 29095007400 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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