Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Wendell Phillips Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 29095016600 · Jackson County, MO · pop 1,540 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
29095016600 is a census tract in the Wendell Phillips area of Kansas City, MO. It scores 5.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 1,540. Against Jackson County at 43.0%, 70% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units707
Renter share51.5%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate18.8%
Median income$36,616
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.0774, -94.5570 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wendell Phillips scores 5.3
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
18.8% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$802 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Wendell Phillips compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%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
- 98%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)
- 639Total filings over 14 yrs
- 8.74%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.8%Peak (2007)
- 37Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 201Total filings 2020-21
- 2.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.84×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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.
- 27.6%Housing insecurity
- 21.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.4%Food insecurity
- 27.6%SNAP enrollment
- 16.6%Transit barriers
- 12.7%No health insurance
- 20.4%Frequent mental distress
- 43.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wendell Phillips
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10. 26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Average gross rent is $802, 35% below the Kansas City average.
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
Housing insecurity runs 27.6% against 14.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 21.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Against the Jackson County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.
The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 639 filings here across 14 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2007 at 10.8% of renter households.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095016600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095016600?
Census tract 29095016600 in the Wendell Phillips neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 29095016600?
Median gross rent is $802/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095016600?
18.8% of residents in tract 29095016600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,540.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095016600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 93th, minority 96th, housing 75th.
Q5
Is tract 29095016600 considered part of Wendell Phillips?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095016600 fall within Wendell Phillips (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095016600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 639 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095016600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.74% of renter households, peaking at 10.8% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095016600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.84× 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.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29095016600 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.6% 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. 21.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095016600 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095016600 scores 5.3/10, higher than 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 29095016600 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. 98% 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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