Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Marlborough Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Kansas City
Tract 29095009800 · Jackson County, MO · pop 3,049 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
29095009800 is a census tract in the Marlborough Heights area of Kansas City, MO. It scores 3.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,049 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.1/10.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,681
Renter share35.9%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate4.3%
Median income$72,139
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 38.9649, -94.5885 · click any tract to drill in
Why Marlborough Heights scores 3.2
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
4.3% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,459 rent vs county FMR
5.8
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: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%Housing & transportation
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)
- 753Total filings over 14 yrs
- 8.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.4%Peak (2011)
- 58Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 346% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 495Total filings 2020-21
- 6.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.15×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near 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.
- 12.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.6%Food insecurity
- 7.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 29.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Marlborough Heights
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Average gross rent is $1,459, 18% above the Kansas City average. It sits 1.0 points below the Jackson County average of 4.2.
Against Jackson County at 43.0%, 38% of renters here are cost-burdened. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 753 filings here across 14 tracked years. SNAP participation runs 7.6% against 15.2% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2011 at 11.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 8.5% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095009800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095009800?
Census tract 29095009800 in the Marlborough Heights neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 29095009800?
Median gross rent is $1,459/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095009800?
4.3% of residents in tract 29095009800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,049.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095009800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 13th, minority 58th, housing 31th.
Q5
Is tract 29095009800 considered part of Marlborough Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095009800 fall within Marlborough Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095009800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 753 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095009800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.47% of renter households, peaking at 11.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095009800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.15× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City eviction risk, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29095009800 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.3% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095009800 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095009800 scores 3.2/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kansas City
Top eight tracts in Kansas City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · MO
Beacon Hill
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MO
North Hyde Park
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MO
Dunbar
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MO
Blenheim
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MO
29095010201
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MO
Center City
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MO
Briarcliff Manor
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MO
South Plaza
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Related