Census Tract · Ranked #11,747 of 84,120 nationally

Independence Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 29095011601 · Jackson County, MO · pop 2,911

Census tract 29095011601 is in Independence, Missouri. It has a population of 2,911 and an eviction-risk score of 6.4/10 (Elevated tier). 65% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 28% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $693/month against a median household income of $23,051 — roughly 36% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score

6.4

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 45% Stable renters 24% Owners 31%

Tract context

Occupied units1,708

Renter share68.1%

SVI overall0.77

Poverty rate25.2%

Median income$23,051

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Independence and the region

Centroid at 39.0902, -94.4181 · click any tract to drill in

Why Independence scores 6.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

25.2% poverty · this tract

6.3

Supply constraint

$693 rent vs county FMR

1.0

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: 77

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

94%Socioeconomic
59%Household composition
26%Racial/ethnic minority
55%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
39%Grade C
61%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.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

329Total filings 2020-21
4.3Avg monthly (observed)
5.4Pre-pandemic baseline
0.80×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 — 2026-05-01

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. 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.

21.0%Housing insecurity
17.0%Utility-shutoff threat
26.3%Food insecurity
24.2%SNAP enrollment
14.6%Transit barriers
13.6%No health insurance
22.5%Frequent mental distress
46.4%Any disability

Frequently asked

About tract 29095011601

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095011601?

Census tract 29095011601 in Independence scores 6.4/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 29095011601?

Median gross rent is $693/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 29095011601?

25.2% of residents in tract 29095011601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,911.

How socially vulnerable is tract 29095011601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 59th, minority 26th, housing 55th.

Did eviction filings in tract 29095011601 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.80× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City eviction risk, MO), 2020-2021.

What share of households in tract 29095011601 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.0% 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. 17.0% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 29095011601 compare to Independence overall?

Tract 29095011601 scores 6.4/10 — higher 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.

Was tract 29095011601 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. 61% 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 Independence

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