Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Central Downtown Eviction Risk: Lower , Kansas City
Tract 29095015701 · Jackson County, MO · pop 1,701 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 29095015701 belongs to Central Downtown in Kansas City, Missouri. It is home to 1,701 residents and scores 5.2/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 46% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,601 a month against an average household income of $64,927 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 85% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 53%
Owners 15%
Tract context
Occupied units1,361
Renter share85.3%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$64,927
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.1014, -94.5858 · click any tract to drill in
Why Central Downtown scores 3.6
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
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,601 rent vs county FMR
6.9
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 Central Downtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 436Total filings 2020-21
- 5.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 4.04×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Kansas City, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.5%Food insecurity
- 5.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 23.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Central Downtown
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 6.9/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Kansas City eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Jackson County average of 5.5 and above the Missouri statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095015701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095015701?
Census tract 29095015701 in the Central Downtown neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 29095015701?
Median gross rent is $1,601/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095015701?
8.3% of residents in tract 29095015701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,701.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095015701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 0th, minority 26th, housing 41th.
Q5
Is tract 29095015701 considered part of Central Downtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095015701 fall within Central Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 29095015701 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 4.04× 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.
Q7
What share of households in tract 29095015701 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 29095015701 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095015701 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Kansas City at 3/10. 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.
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