Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Blenheim Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 29095008900 · Jackson County, MO · pop 1,939 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 29095008900 covers part of the Blenheim area of Kansas City, MO, and scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Food insecurity runs 36.3% against 17.8% nationally.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units739
Renter share41.3%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate20.1%
Median income$47,393
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 38.9936, -94.5436 · click any tract to drill in
Why Blenheim scores 5.3
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
20.1% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,080 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Blenheim compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 11%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
- 0%Grade C
- 58%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)
- 632Total filings over 14 yrs
- 22.38%Avg annual filing rate
- 34.8%Peak (2004)
- 41Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 191Total filings 2020-21
- 2.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.88×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 Blenheim. 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.
- 31.6%Housing insecurity
- 23.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.3%Food insecurity
- 31.8%SNAP enrollment
- 19.1%Transit barriers
- 14.0%No health insurance
- 22.5%Frequent mental distress
- 46.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Blenheim
The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Disability prevalence runs 46.6% against 31.5% nationally. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.1/10.
The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. It sits 1.1 points above the Jackson County average of 4.2. The filing record is not thin: 632 evictions over 14 years of observation.
Average gross rent is $1,080, 13% below the Kansas City average. The worst year on record was 2004, when 34.8% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Greater Kansas City. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 22.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 67th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095008900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095008900?
Census tract 29095008900 in the Blenheim neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 29095008900?
Median gross rent is $1,080/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095008900?
20.1% of residents in tract 29095008900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,939.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095008900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 97th, minority 95th, housing 11th.
Q5
Is tract 29095008900 considered part of Blenheim?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095008900 fall within Blenheim (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095008900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 632 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095008900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 22.38% of renter households, peaking at 34.8% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095008900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.88× 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 29095008900 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.6% 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. 23.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095008900 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095008900 scores 5.3/10, 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 29095008900 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. 58% 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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