Within parent city
24
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #31,320 of 84,120 nationally
Independence Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 29095011200 · Jackson County, MO · pop 3,166
Census tract 29095011200 is in Independence, Missouri. It has a population of 3,166 and an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10 (Moderate tier). 32% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 20% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,102/month against a median household income of $59,835 — roughly 22% rent-to-income at the medians.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,233
Renter share30.7%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate14.6%
Median income$59,835
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
82
th percentile
High
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Independence and the region
Centroid at 39.1135, -94.4219 · click any tract to drill in
Why Independence scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Independence
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
14.6% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,102 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Independence
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Independence
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Independence
6.6
How Independence compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D — Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 23%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 · 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)
- 596Total filings over 14 yrs
- 14.12%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.0%Peak (2003)
- 34Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 39% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 156Total filings 2020-21
- 2.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.61×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
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.
- 16.4%Housing insecurity
- 11.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.8%Food insecurity
- 14.3%SNAP enrollment
- 10.8%Transit barriers
- 12.2%No health insurance
- 21.2%Frequent mental distress
- 41.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About tract 29095011200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095011200?
Census tract 29095011200 in Independence scores 5.6/10 (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 29095011200?
Median gross rent is $1,102/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095011200?
14.6% of residents in tract 29095011200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,166.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095011200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 69th, minority 32th, housing 25th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095011200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 596 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095011200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.12% of renter households, peaking at 18.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29095011200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.61× 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.
Q7
What share of households in tract 29095011200 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.4% 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. 11.7% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29095011200 compare to Independence overall?
Tract 29095011200 scores 5.6/10 — lower than the parent city of Independence at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Independence eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 29095011200 historically redlined?
Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 23% 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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