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Quality Hill Eviction Risk: Lower , Kansas City

Tract 29095015200 · Jackson County, MO · pop 2,537 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 3.8/10, tract 29095015200 in the Quality Hill area of Kansas City, MO reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,537 residents. At $1,695 a month, rents run 37% over what the rest of Kansas City commands.

Risk score

3.8

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 49% Owners 15%

Tract context

Occupied units2,001

Renter share85.5%

SVI overall0.32

Poverty rate11.7%

Median income$74,519

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Kansas City and the region

Centroid at 39.1020, -94.5975 · click any tract to drill in

Why Quality Hill scores 3.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

11.7% poverty · this tract

2.9

Supply constraint

$1,695 rent vs county FMR

7.6

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 Quality Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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

46%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
37%Racial/ethnic minority
82%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
1%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)

514Total filings over 14 yrs
4.47%Avg annual filing rate
5.7%Peak (2012)
54Filings in 2017 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2003 to 2017

Filings climbed 200% over the past 14 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

442Total filings 2020-21
5.7Avg monthly (observed)
3.1Pre-pandemic baseline
1.83×Ratio to baseline

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

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 Quality Hill. 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.

9.9%Housing insecurity
6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
8.8%Food insecurity
5.2%SNAP enrollment
6.7%Transit barriers
6.6%No health insurance
18.8%Frequent mental distress
23.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Quality Hill

86% 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. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.

The voucher gap is 25.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.1/10.

SNAP participation runs 5.2% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 8.8% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 514 eviction filings across 14 observed years.

Filings peaked in 2012 at 5.7% of renter households. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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. In a typical year about 4.5% of renter households face a filing.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 29095015200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095015200?

Census tract 29095015200 in the Quality Hill neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 29095015200?

Median gross rent is $1,695/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 29095015200?

11.7% of residents in tract 29095015200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,537.

How socially vulnerable is tract 29095015200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 1th, minority 37th, housing 82th.

Is tract 29095015200 considered part of Quality Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095015200 fall within Quality Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095015200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 514 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095015200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.47% of renter households, peaking at 5.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 29095015200 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.83× 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.

What share of households in tract 29095015200 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.9% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 29095015200 compare to Kansas City overall?

Tract 29095015200 scores 3.8/10, right in line with 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 29095015200 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. 1% 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 Kansas City

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

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org