Census Tract · Ranked #31,320 of 84,120 nationally

Raytown Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 29095012501 · Jackson County, MO · pop 3,599

Census tract 29095012501 is in Raytown, Missouri. It has a population of 3,599 and an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10 (Moderate tier). 41% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 16% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,127/month against a median household income of $61,544 — 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 15% Owners 75%

Tract context

Occupied units1,499

Renter share24.9%

SVI overall0.38

Poverty rate5.4%

Median income$61,544

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Raytown and the region

Centroid at 39.0201, -94.4669 · click any tract to drill in

Why Raytown scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Raytown

6.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.1

State political climate

Missouri legislature & governorship

2.1

Economic stress

5.4% poverty · this tract

1.3

Supply constraint

$1,127 rent vs county FMR

3.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Raytown

6.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.4

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Raytown

7.1

Housing court bias

Inherited from Raytown

6.3

How Raytown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 38

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

25%Socioeconomic
61%Household composition
58%Racial/ethnic minority
38%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
5%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 · 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)

589Total filings over 14 yrs
9.52%Avg annual filing rate
14.5%Peak (2010)
55Filings in 2017 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2003 — 2017

Filings climbed 53% over the past 14 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

209Total filings 2020-21
2.7Avg monthly (observed)
3.6Pre-pandemic baseline
0.76×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.

16.0%Housing insecurity
11.0%Utility-shutoff threat
16.7%Food insecurity
11.9%SNAP enrollment
9.6%Transit barriers
9.8%No health insurance
18.9%Frequent mental distress
36.9%Any disability

Frequently asked

About tract 29095012501

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095012501?

Census tract 29095012501 in Raytown 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.

What is the average rent in tract 29095012501?

Median gross rent is $1,127/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 29095012501?

5.4% of residents in tract 29095012501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,599.

How socially vulnerable is tract 29095012501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 61th, minority 58th, housing 38th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095012501?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 589 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095012501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.52% of renter households, peaking at 14.5% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 29095012501 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.76× 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 29095012501 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.0% 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. 11.0% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 29095012501 compare to Raytown overall?

Tract 29095012501 scores 5.6/10 — lower than the parent city of Raytown at 6.0/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Raytown eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 29095012501 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Raytown

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