Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
South Plaza Eviction Risk: Lower , Kansas City
Tract 29095007400 · Jackson County, MO · pop 4,152 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 29095007400 sits in the South Plaza area of Kansas City eviction risk, MO, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.1/10. It is home to 4,152 residents. At $1,782 a month, rents run 44% over what the rest of Kansas City commands.
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
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
28
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 severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The voucher gap is 32.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. On the high side, supply constraint reads 8.2/10.
SNAP participation runs 4.4% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 1.1 points below the Jackson County average of 4.2.
Food insecurity runs 7.9% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 172 filings here across 14 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2009, when 3.5% of renter households were served. 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 1.5% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
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, 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 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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