Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
South Town Fork Creek Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 29095007900 · Jackson County, MO · pop 3,425 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 29095007900 covers part of the South Town Fork Creek area of Kansas City, MO, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,425 residents. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,354
Renter share62.1%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate44.4%
Median income$28,422
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.0191, -94.5459 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Town Fork Creek scores 5.4
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
44.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,024 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Town Fork Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 46%Grade C
- 54%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)
- 1,318Total filings over 14 yrs
- 13.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.8%Peak (2007)
- 110Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 460Total filings 2020-21
- 6.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.95×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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 Town Fork Creek. 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.
- 36.4%Housing insecurity
- 30.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 46.0%Food insecurity
- 45.7%SNAP enrollment
- 24.3%Transit barriers
- 17.1%No health insurance
- 23.6%Frequent mental distress
- 53.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Town Fork Creek
The poverty rate is 44%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Disability prevalence runs 53.0% against 31.5% nationally.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 30.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Set annual rent against average income of $28,422 and the ratio lands at 43%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Against Jackson County at 43.0%, 52% of renters here are cost-burdened.
It sits 1.2 points above the Jackson County average of 4.2. Average gross rent is $1,024, 17% below the Kansas City average.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,318 filings here across 14 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2007, when 15.8% of renter households were served.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095007900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095007900?
Census tract 29095007900 in the South Town Fork Creek neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 29095007900?
Median gross rent is $1,024/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095007900?
44.4% of residents in tract 29095007900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,425.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095007900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 91th, minority 91th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 29095007900 considered part of South Town Fork Creek?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095007900 fall within South Town Fork Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095007900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,318 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095007900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.34% of renter households, peaking at 15.8% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095007900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.95× 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 29095007900 struggle to pay rent?
About 36.4% 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. 30.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095007900 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095007900 scores 5.4/10, higher 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 29095007900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 54% 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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