Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Whitewater Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 20015020602 · Butler County, KS · pop 3,381 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Whitewater
Census tract 20015020602 belongs to Whitewater, Kansas. It is home to 3,381 residents and scores $1/10, a lower reading for landlords. It lands near the 2nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 14% of renter households, a modest level, and 3% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $921 a month while the average household earns $68,989 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 10% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.6
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
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
23
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 2.6
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 score leans hardest on supply constraint at 4.3/10. 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 Whitewater, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Butler County average of 4.3 and below the Kansas statewide average of 4.2. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 58th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 20015020602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20015020602?
Census tract 20015020602 in Whitewater scores 2.6/10 (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 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 2.6/10, higher than the parent city of Whitewater at 1.9/10. 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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