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Western 49/63 Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City

Tract 29095008200 · Jackson County, MO · pop 3,027 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 29095008200 sits in the Western 49/63 neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. It has a population of 3,027 and an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10 (Moderate tier). 44% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 19% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,478/month against a median household income of $87,065 — roughly 20% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 6% Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,552
Renter share10.8%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate4.0%
Median income$87,065

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank — 50th percentileBottomTop
#1 of 1 tracts In Western 49/63
Moderate
Within parent city
39 th percentile
Rank — 39th percentileBottomTop
#100 of 163 tracts In Kansas City
Low
Within county
28 th percentile
Rank — 28th percentileBottomTop
#163 of 227 tracts In Jackson County
Low
Within state
67 th percentile
Rank — 67th percentileBottomTop
#547 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kansas City and the region

Centroid at 39.0204, -94.5788 · click any tract to drill in

Why Western 49/63 scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
4.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,478 rent vs county FMR
6.0
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 Western 49/63 compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Western 49/63 risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.25.2This tracttract 008200Kansas City: 4.14.1Kansas Cityparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.84.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 8

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B — Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 140Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 4.34%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.5%Peak (2006)
  • 5Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 — 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 290950082002003: 7 filings (3.33/100 renter HHs)2004: 11 filings (5.24/100 renter HHs)2005: 10 filings (4.69/100 renter HHs)2006: 16 filings (7.51/100 renter HHs)2007: 14 filings (6.57/100 renter HHs)2008: 10 filings (4.69/100 renter HHs)2009: 5 filings (2.35/100 renter HHs)2010: 12 filings (5.45/100 renter HHs)2011: 12 filings (4.60/100 renter HHs)2012: 13 filings (4.98/100 renter HHs)2013: 9 filings (3.45/100 renter HHs)2014: 12 filings (4.60/100 renter HHs)2015: 4 filings (1.53/100 renter HHs)2017: 5 filings (1.76/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 29% over the past 14 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 61Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.16×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 — 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2020-07-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 3 filings (6.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2021-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 2 filings (2.67× baseline)2022-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2022-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-08-01: 4 filings (5.33× baseline)2022-09-01: 2 filings (4.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2022-11-01: 2 filings (4.00× baseline)2022-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 2 filings (1.60× baseline)2023-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2023-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2023-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-02-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2024-03-01: 2 filings (1.60× baseline)2024-04-01: 2 filings (8.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2024-09-01: 3 filings (6.00× baseline)2024-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2024-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-01-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2025-02-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2025-03-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2025-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 6 filings (6.00× baseline)2025-08-01: 3 filings (4.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 3 filings (6.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 3 filings (2.40× baseline)2025-11-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2025-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-01-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)

Pandemic filings ran near 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.

Frequently asked

About tract 29095008200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095008200?

Census tract 29095008200 in the Western 49/63 neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 29095008200?

Median gross rent is $1,478/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29095008200?

4.0% of residents in tract 29095008200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,027.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29095008200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 7th, minority 37th, housing 18th.

Q5

Is tract 29095008200 considered part of Western 49/63?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095008200 fall within Western 49/63 (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095008200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 140 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095008200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.34% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 29095008200 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.16× 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 29095008200 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.4% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q9

How does tract 29095008200 compare to Kansas City overall?

Tract 29095008200 scores 5.2/10 — higher than the parent city of Kansas City at 4.1/10. 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 29095008200 historically redlined?

Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kansas City

Top eight tracts in Kansas City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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