Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Ward Parkway Eviction Risk: Lower , Kansas City
Tract 29095009200 · Jackson County, MO · pop 2,814 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi
29095009200 is a census tract in the Ward Parkway area of Kansas City, MO. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,814. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,393
Renter share23.4%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$96,586
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 38.9943, -94.6012 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ward Parkway scores 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
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,357 rent vs county FMR
5.1
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 Ward Parkway compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 0%Housing & transportation
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.
- 21%Grade A
- 46%Grade B
- 23%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)
- 107Total filings over 14 yrs
- 2.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.3%Peak (2005)
- 4Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 43% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 22Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.47×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Kansas City, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Ward Parkway. 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.
- 7.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.5%Food insecurity
- 3.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 5.3%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 24.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ward Parkway
Against Jackson County at 43.0%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Food insecurity runs 6.5% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 3.9% against 15.2% nationally. Against the Jackson County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. Court records carry 107 eviction filings across 14 observed years.
At $1,357 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Kansas City commands. Filings peaked in 2005 at 5.3% of renter households.
This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095009200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095009200?
Census tract 29095009200 in the Ward Parkway neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 29095009200?
Median gross rent is $1,357/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095009200?
3.7% of residents in tract 29095009200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,814.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095009200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 10th, minority 15th, housing 0th.
Q5
Is tract 29095009200 considered part of Ward Parkway?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095009200 fall within Ward Parkway (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095009200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 107 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095009200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.66% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095009200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.47× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City eviction risk, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29095009200 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.5% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095009200 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095009200 scores 3/10, 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 29095009200 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.
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