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Ward Parkway Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City

Tract 29095009300 · Jackson County, MO · pop 2,495 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 29095009300 sits in the Ward Parkway neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. It has a population of 2,495 and an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10 (Moderate tier). 46% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 30% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,638/month against a median household income of $76,356 — roughly 26% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 14% Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,341
Renter share26.7%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$76,356

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank — 100th percentileBottomTop
#1 of 2 tracts In Ward Parkway
Very High
Within parent city
54 th percentile
Rank — 54th percentileBottomTop
#76 of 163 tracts In Kansas City
Moderate
Within county
39 th percentile
Rank — 39th percentileBottomTop
#138 of 227 tracts In Jackson County
Low
Within state
74 th percentile
Rank — 74th percentileBottomTop
#425 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kansas City and the region

Centroid at 38.9816, -94.6014 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ward Parkway scores 5.4

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
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,638 rent vs county FMR
7.2
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 Ward Parkway compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ward Parkway risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.45.4This tracttract 009300Kansas City: 4.14.1Kansas Cityparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.84.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 14

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

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.

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)

  • 128Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 2.82%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.2%Peak (2007)
  • 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 — 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 290950093002003: 9 filings (3.24/100 renter HHs)2004: 8 filings (2.88/100 renter HHs)2005: 10 filings (3.73/100 renter HHs)2006: 11 filings (4.10/100 renter HHs)2007: 14 filings (5.22/100 renter HHs)2008: 10 filings (3.73/100 renter HHs)2009: 13 filings (4.85/100 renter HHs)2010: 11 filings (3.24/100 renter HHs)2011: 11 filings (2.23/100 renter HHs)2012: 8 filings (1.62/100 renter HHs)2013: 8 filings (1.62/100 renter HHs)2014: 4 filings (0.81/100 renter HHs)2015: 5 filings (1.01/100 renter HHs)2017: 6 filings (1.16/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 33% over the past 14 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 20Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.67×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: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× 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: 0 filings (0.00× 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: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-07-01: 2 filings (8.00× baseline)2022-08-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2023-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-01-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2024-02-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2024-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-04-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2024-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-04-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2025-05-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2025-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2025-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× 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.

Frequently asked

About tract 29095009300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095009300?

Census tract 29095009300 in the Ward Parkway 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 29095009300?

Median gross rent is $1,638/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29095009300?

6.6% of residents in tract 29095009300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,495.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29095009300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 4th, minority 35th, housing 29th.

Q5

Is tract 29095009300 considered part of Ward Parkway?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095009300 fall within Ward Parkway (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095009300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 128 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095009300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.82% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 29095009300 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.67× 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 29095009300 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.0% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q9

How does tract 29095009300 compare to Kansas City overall?

Tract 29095009300 scores 5.4/10 — 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 29095009300 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kansas City

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

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