Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Marlborough Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 29095009500 · Jackson County, MO · pop 3,134 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 29095009500 sits in the Marlborough Heights area of Kansas City eviction risk, MO, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. Population here is 3,134. 31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,303
Renter share58.1%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate17.1%
Median income$46,766
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 38.9760, -94.5684 · click any tract to drill in
Why Marlborough Heights scores 5.1
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
17.1% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,262 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 Marlborough Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 59%Grade C
- 11%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)
- 1,522Total filings over 14 yrs
- 15.57%Avg annual filing rate
- 24.7%Peak (2003)
- 146Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 21% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,070Total filings 2020-21
- 13.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.03×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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 Marlborough Heights. 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.
- 29.9%Housing insecurity
- 23.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.3%Food insecurity
- 31.3%SNAP enrollment
- 18.7%Transit barriers
- 13.3%No health insurance
- 23.6%Frequent mental distress
- 44.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Marlborough Heights
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Set annual rent against average income of $46,766 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
Cost burden runs 53% here against 43.0% across Jackson County. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 23.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Disability prevalence runs 44.8% against 31.5% nationally. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.1/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,522 filings here across 14 tracked years. Against the Jackson County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. Filings peaked in 2003 at 24.7% of renter households.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 15.6% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MO average is 3.8, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095009500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095009500?
Census tract 29095009500 in the Marlborough Heights neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 29095009500?
Median gross rent is $1,262/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095009500?
17.1% of residents in tract 29095009500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,134.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095009500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 81th, minority 81th, housing 37th.
Q5
Is tract 29095009500 considered part of Marlborough Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095009500 fall within Marlborough Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095009500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,522 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095009500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.57% of renter households, peaking at 24.7% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095009500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.03× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City eviction risk, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29095009500 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.9% 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 29095009500 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095009500 scores 5.1/10, 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 29095009500 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. 11% 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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