Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Whitewater Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 20015020602 · Butler County, KS · pop 3,381 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Whitewater
With a score of 3.2/10, tract 20015020602 in Whitewater, KS reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,381. Cost burden runs 14% here against 37.4% across Butler County.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,280
Renter share10.1%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$68,989
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Whitewater and the region
Centroid at 37.9017, -97.0477 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitewater scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Whitewater
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
Kansas legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$921 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Whitewater
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Whitewater
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Whitewater
2.1
How Whitewater compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%Housing & transportation
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.
- 11.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.0%Food insecurity
- 8.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 9.2%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 35.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitewater
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.6/10.
On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 10% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
Social vulnerability reads 6.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $68,989, annual rent is just 16%.
It tracks the Butler County average of 3.7 closely. Average gross rent is $921, close to the Whitewater average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 20015020602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20015020602?
Census tract 20015020602 in Whitewater scores 3.2/10 (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 20015020602?
Median gross rent is $921/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20015020602?
6.2% of residents in tract 20015020602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,381.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20015020602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 44th, minority 32th, housing 64th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 20015020602 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.4% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 20015020602 compare to Whitewater overall?
Tract 20015020602 scores 3.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Whitewater at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Whitewater; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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