Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Marlborough Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 29095009700 · Jackson County, MO · pop 1,783 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 29095009700 covers part of the Marlborough Heights area of Kansas City, MO, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,783 residents. 26% 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
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units788
Renter share80.1%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate29.0%
Median income$41,268
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 38.9658, -94.5758 · click any tract to drill in
Why Marlborough Heights scores 5.4
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
29.0% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$957 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Marlborough Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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
- 0%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)
- 652Total filings over 14 yrs
- 6.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.8%Peak (2017)
- 80Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 57% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 635Total filings 2020-21
- 8.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.76×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.
- 26.5%Housing insecurity
- 20.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.2%Food insecurity
- 24.8%SNAP enrollment
- 16.9%Transit barriers
- 12.2%No health insurance
- 23.7%Frequent mental distress
- 39.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Marlborough Heights
80% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
At $957 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Kansas City commands. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10.
Against the Jackson County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 20.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Against Jackson County at 43.0%, 49% of renters here are cost-burdened.
SNAP participation runs 24.8% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 652 filings here across 14 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2017, when 9.8% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095009700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095009700?
Census tract 29095009700 in the Marlborough Heights 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 29095009700?
Median gross rent is $957/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095009700?
29.0% of residents in tract 29095009700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,783.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095009700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 88th, minority 82th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 29095009700 considered part of Marlborough Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095009700 fall within Marlborough Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095009700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 652 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095009700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.84% of renter households, peaking at 9.8% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095009700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.76× 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 29095009700 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.5% 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. 20.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095009700 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095009700 scores 5.4/10, 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 29095009700 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.
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