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All counties in Kansas eviction risk overview
County index·105 counties tracked

All Counties in Kansas, Eviction Risk 2026

105 counties covering 740 incorporated cities and 2,494,577 residents. Statewide average landlord risk score is 2.1/10 (Very Low), but county-level scores vary sharply, urban counties with strong tenant protections or high rent burdens routinely score several points above rural counties.

Counties tracked105administrative regions
State avg risk2.1/ 10 · Very Low
Cities in dataset740incorporated places
Total residents2.5Macross all counties
All 105 counties in Kansas
Ranked by eviction risk · click any column to re-sort, or search to filter
County↕ Population↕ Risk↕ Lean↕ Renters↕ % income on rent↕ Avg rent↕ Poverty↕ Cities↕
01 Geary County Pop 32,952 · 71% renters · 26% on rent · $1,053 · 3 cities 32,952 2.6 Rep 70.8% 26.1% $1,053 14.3% 3
02 Chautauqua County Pop 1,980 · 24% renters · 27% on rent · $695 · 6 cities 1,980 2.5 Rep 23.9% 26.6% $695 18.5% 6
03 Allen County Pop 8,821 · 24% renters · 25% on rent · $651 · 9 cities 8,821 2.4 Rep 24.4% 24.9% $651 17.5% 9
04 Wyandotte County Pop 169,291 · 21% renters · 27% on rent · $1,542 · 6 cities 169,291 2.4 Dem 20.7% 26.6% $1,542 7.5% 6
05 Edwards County Pop 2,004 · 19% renters · 27% on rent · $728 · 4 cities 2,004 2.4 Rep 18.9% 27.3% $728 20.5% 4
06 Shawnee County Pop 130,444 · 31% renters · 28% on rent · $952 · 8 cities 130,444 2.4 IND 30.6% 27.8% $952 9.8% 8
07 Atchison County Pop 13,178 · 27% renters · 27% on rent · $796 · 7 cities 13,178 2.4 Rep 27.4% 26.9% $796 16.8% 7
08 Leavenworth County Pop 63,298 · 27% renters · 27% on rent · $1,143 · 7 cities 63,298 2.4 Rep 27.4% 26.9% $1,143 9.4% 7
09 Finney County Pop 30,494 · 22% renters · 36% on rent · $996 · 3 cities 30,494 2.4 Rep 22.3% 36.1% $996 10.7% 3
10 Douglas County Pop 107,848 · 49% renters · 29% on rent · $1,038 · 5 cities 107,848 2.4 Dem 49.3% 29.2% $1,038 10.8% 5
11 Labette County Pop 14,243 · 29% renters · 28% on rent · $742 · 9 cities 14,243 2.3 Rep 29.2% 28.0% $742 21.8% 9
12 Harvey County Pop 30,424 · 26% renters · 25% on rent · $927 · 10 cities 30,424 2.3 Rep 26.3% 25.4% $927 9.6% 10
13 Linn County Pop 5,435 · 26% renters · 29% on rent · $744 · 8 cities 5,435 2.3 Rep 25.8% 28.9% $744 18.8% 8
14 Johnson County Pop 599,399 · 26% renters · 27% on rent · $1,484 · 15 cities 599,399 2.3 Dem 26.3% 27.3% $1,484 5.4% 15
15 Morris County Pop 3,745 · 16% renters · 25% on rent · $861 · 8 cities 3,745 2.3 Rep 16.3% 24.7% $861 29.7% 8
16 Sedgwick County Pop 498,140 · 29% renters · 27% on rent · $1,132 · 23 cities 498,140 2.2 Rep 29.4% 26.6% $1,132 9.9% 23
17 Crawford County Pop 31,614 · 34% renters · 30% on rent · $780 · 18 cities 31,614 2.2 Rep 34.3% 30.3% $780 28.4% 18
18 Riley County Pop 58,358 · 38% renters · 23% on rent · $1,047 · 8 cities 58,358 2.2 IND 38.5% 23.0% $1,047 13.9% 8
19 Rush County Pop 2,415 · 22% renters · 32% on rent · $737 · 9 cities 2,415 2.2 Rep 21.6% 32.2% $737 11.9% 9
20 Brown County Pop 6,450 · 34% renters · 23% on rent · $674 · 16 cities 6,450 2.2 Rep 34.4% 23.4% $674 18.5% 16
21 Montgomery County Pop 21,535 · 24% renters · 29% on rent · $747 · 11 cities 21,535 2.2 Rep 24.3% 29.3% $747 20.9% 11
22 Butler County Pop 49,307 · 23% renters · 27% on rent · $948 · 15 cities 49,307 2.2 Rep 22.8% 27.4% $948 16.0% 15
23 Barton County Pop 20,362 · 23% renters · 23% on rent · $737 · 11 cities 20,362 2.2 Rep 23.1% 23.2% $737 24.4% 11
24 Graham County Pop 1,812 · 12% renters · 29% on rent · $1,001 · 4 cities 1,812 2.2 Rep 11.7% 28.7% $1,001 7.5% 4
25 Scott County Pop 3,889 · 35% renters · 26% on rent · $869 · 2 cities 3,889 2.2 Rep 34.6% 26.4% $869 10.7% 2
26 Reno County Pop 48,393 · 24% renters · 32% on rent · $831 · 14 cities 48,393 2.2 Rep 24.2% 31.5% $831 16.0% 14
27 Anderson County Pop 4,434 · 31% renters · 26% on rent · $857 · 9 cities 4,434 2.2 Rep 31.0% 26.3% $857 16.8% 9
28 Harper County Pop 3,994 · 28% renters · 30% on rent · $700 · 6 cities 3,994 2.2 Rep 27.6% 29.9% $700 22.7% 6
29 Lyon County Pop 27,046 · 29% renters · 25% on rent · $780 · 10 cities 27,046 2.2 Rep 28.7% 24.5% $780 11.2% 10
30 Osage County Pop 10,115 · 22% renters · 29% on rent · $778 · 11 cities 10,115 2.2 Rep 21.9% 28.7% $778 13.2% 11
31 McPherson County Pop 23,400 · 22% renters · 27% on rent · $885 · 10 cities 23,400 2.2 Rep 22.2% 27.2% $885 19.0% 10
32 Coffey County Pop 5,289 · 27% renters · 25% on rent · $830 · 6 cities 5,289 2.2 Rep 27.3% 24.8% $830 10.4% 6
33 Haskell County Pop 2,702 · 20% renters · 22% on rent · $837 · 3 cities 2,702 2.2 Rep 19.7% 22.0% $837 8.1% 3
34 Pratt County Pop 7,639 · 23% renters · 30% on rent · $810 · 9 cities 7,639 2.2 Rep 23.5% 29.8% $810 14.9% 9
35 Stanton County Pop 1,777 · 41% renters · 25% on rent · $953 · 3 cities 1,777 2.2 Rep 41.3% 25.2% $953 12.6% 3
36 Ford County Pop 31,480 · 35% renters · 28% on rent · $786 · 8 cities 31,480 2.2 Rep 34.7% 27.6% $786 13.0% 8
37 Norton County Pop 3,477 · 28% renters · 24% on rent · $613 · 5 cities 3,477 2.2 Rep 28.2% 24.2% $613 20.4% 5
38 Cowley County Pop 26,702 · 27% renters · 31% on rent · $699 · 12 cities 26,702 2.2 Rep 26.7% 31.2% $699 18.2% 12
39 Franklin County Pop 17,516 · 23% renters · 26% on rent · $1,058 · 9 cities 17,516 2.2 Rep 23.1% 25.6% $1,058 13.6% 9
40 Hodgeman County Pop 793 · 20% renters · 21% on rent · $762 · 2 cities 793 2.2 Rep 20.1% 20.6% $762 10.3% 2
41 Seward County Pop 19,730 · 33% renters · 20% on rent · $916 · 2 cities 19,730 2.2 Rep 33.3% 20.1% $916 13.5% 2
42 Neosho County Pop 11,309 · 26% renters · 31% on rent · $671 · 9 cities 11,309 2.1 Rep 25.9% 31.1% $671 19.8% 9
43 Ellsworth County Pop 5,007 · 19% renters · 31% on rent · $734 · 5 cities 5,007 2.1 Rep 18.6% 30.8% $734 11.7% 5
44 Miami County Pop 24,900 · 25% renters · 32% on rent · $1,136 · 8 cities 24,900 2.1 Rep 25.1% 32.2% $1,136 12.5% 8
45 Clay County Pop 6,066 · 21% renters · 29% on rent · $940 · 10 cities 6,066 2.1 Rep 20.9% 29.1% $940 12.7% 10
46 Jackson County Pop 5,996 · 21% renters · 28% on rent · $785 · 10 cities 5,996 2.1 Rep 21.1% 28.2% $785 11.5% 10
47 Phillips County Pop 3,456 · 19% renters · 22% on rent · $706 · 10 cities 3,456 2.1 Rep 19.2% 22.4% $706 15.3% 10
48 Cloud County Pop 6,888 · 23% renters · 22% on rent · $750 · 7 cities 6,888 2.1 Rep 23.5% 22.2% $750 10.4% 7
49 Greenwood County Pop 3,577 · 20% renters · 25% on rent · $671 · 7 cities 3,577 2.1 Rep 19.8% 24.8% $671 17.8% 7
50 Woodson County Pop 1,702 · 17% renters · 37% on rent · $683 · 4 cities 1,702 2.1 Rep 17.4% 36.6% $683 16.5% 4
51 Elk County Pop 1,615 · 18% renters · 33% on rent · $588 · 7 cities 1,615 2.1 Rep 18.3% 32.7% $588 18.0% 7
52 Stafford County Pop 3,029 · 18% renters · 26% on rent · $689 · 7 cities 3,029 2.1 Rep 17.8% 26.4% $689 12.6% 7
53 Wilson County Pop 5,486 · 20% renters · 27% on rent · $731 · 8 cities 5,486 2.1 Rep 20.1% 27.4% $731 22.1% 8
54 Sumner County Pop 13,866 · 28% renters · 23% on rent · $723 · 11 cities 13,866 2.1 Rep 28.3% 23.2% $723 15.2% 11
55 Barber County Pop 2,923 · 19% renters · 25% on rent · $810 · 7 cities 2,923 2.1 Rep 18.9% 25.4% $810 14.7% 7
56 Decatur County Pop 2,109 · 14% renters · 22% on rent · $593 · 4 cities 2,109 2.1 Rep 14.2% 22.2% $593 11.5% 4
57 Rice County Pop 7,506 · 20% renters · 21% on rent · $780 · 9 cities 7,506 2.1 Rep 19.9% 20.9% $780 13.5% 9
58 Stevens County Pop 4,154 · 24% renters · 22% on rent · $847 · 2 cities 4,154 2.1 Rep 24.4% 21.9% $847 15.0% 2
59 Cherokee County Pop 12,158 · 26% renters · 28% on rent · $791 · 11 cities 12,158 2.1 Rep 25.6% 28.0% $791 15.1% 11
60 Wabaunsee County Pop 2,909 · 15% renters · 29% on rent · $956 · 7 cities 2,909 2.1 Rep 15.3% 29.3% $956 8.1% 7
61 Jefferson County Pop 5,301 · 24% renters · 24% on rent · $865 · 6 cities 5,301 2.1 Rep 23.9% 24.4% $865 8.0% 6
62 Ellis County Pop 24,860 · 35% renters · 26% on rent · $937 · 5 cities 24,860 2.1 Rep 35.1% 26.4% $937 22.5% 5
63 Dickinson County Pop 12,574 · 23% renters · 27% on rent · $839 · 12 cities 12,574 2.1 Rep 23.4% 26.8% $839 14.4% 12
64 Lincoln County Pop 1,560 · 23% renters · 22% on rent · $704 · 4 cities 1,560 2.1 Rep 22.9% 22.0% $704 14.9% 4
65 Kiowa County Pop 1,539 · 32% renters · 22% on rent · $735 · 3 cities 1,539 2.1 Rep 32.2% 21.7% $735 7.0% 3
66 Trego County Pop 1,929 · 15% renters · 30% on rent · $756 · 3 cities 1,929 2.1 Rep 15.2% 30.4% $756 10.3% 3
67 Ottawa County Pop 3,493 · 28% renters · 20% on rent · $746 · 8 cities 3,493 2.1 Rep 28.5% 20.0% $746 18.3% 8
68 Chase County Pop 1,646 · 22% renters · 27% on rent · $750 · 5 cities 1,646 2.1 Rep 22.4% 26.9% $750 36.2% 5
69 Marion County Pop 7,285 · 19% renters · 22% on rent · $755 · 13 cities 7,285 2.1 Rep 19.0% 21.6% $755 14.2% 13
70 Cheyenne County Pop 1,862 · 30% renters · 18% on rent · $645 · 2 cities 1,862 2.1 Rep 29.6% 18.0% $645 15.0% 2
71 Osborne County Pop 2,725 · 23% renters · 21% on rent · $603 · 5 cities 2,725 2.0 Rep 23.1% 21.4% $603 10.9% 5
72 Nemaha County Pop 5,990 · 21% renters · 20% on rent · $663 · 11 cities 5,990 2.0 Rep 20.9% 20.2% $663 16.4% 11
73 Doniphan County Pop 4,948 · 28% renters · 22% on rent · $627 · 9 cities 4,948 2.0 Rep 27.6% 21.6% $627 18.3% 9
74 Pottawatomie County Pop 10,086 · 28% renters · 25% on rent · $1,026 · 9 cities 10,086 2.0 Rep 28.1% 24.6% $1,026 7.4% 9
75 Sherman County Pop 4,279 · 40% renters · 23% on rent · $925 · 3 cities 4,279 2.0 Rep 39.8% 23.3% $925 12.1% 3
76 Saline County Pop 48,170 · 32% renters · 28% on rent · $990 · 11 cities 48,170 2.0 Rep 31.8% 27.8% $990 16.6% 11
77 Gove County Pop 1,692 · 24% renters · 30% on rent · $619 · 5 cities 1,692 2.0 Rep 23.9% 30.1% $619 6.2% 5
78 Bourbon County Pop 9,031 · 26% renters · 28% on rent · $790 · 8 cities 9,031 2.0 Rep 26.0% 28.3% $790 14.7% 8
79 Kingman County Pop 4,104 · 32% renters · 21% on rent · $766 · 8 cities 4,104 2.0 Rep 31.7% 21.4% $766 18.9% 8
80 Russell County Pop 5,465 · 22% renters · 19% on rent · $660 · 8 cities 5,465 2.0 Rep 21.8% 18.9% $660 14.4% 8
81 Clark County Pop 789 · 16% renters · 36% on rent · $761 · 2 cities 789 2.0 Rep 15.9% 35.7% $761 18.2% 2
82 Pawnee County Pop 3,944 · 22% renters · 35% on rent · $875 · 4 cities 3,944 2.0 Rep 21.9% 34.6% $875 6.1% 4
83 Marshall County Pop 7,046 · 20% renters · 26% on rent · $695 · 12 cities 7,046 2.0 Rep 20.4% 25.9% $695 11.1% 12
84 Smith County Pop 2,665 · 18% renters · 34% on rent · $609 · 6 cities 2,665 2.0 Rep 18.4% 33.7% $609 10.1% 6
85 Ness County Pop 1,996 · 26% renters · 23% on rent · $542 · 5 cities 1,996 2.0 Rep 25.7% 22.7% $542 15.6% 5
86 Jewell County Pop 1,899 · 35% renters · 24% on rent · $606 · 8 cities 1,899 2.0 Rep 34.6% 23.8% $606 15.8% 8
87 Logan County Pop 2,355 · 38% renters · 26% on rent · $928 · 4 cities 2,355 2.0 Rep 37.7% 25.6% $928 15.5% 4
88 Morton County Pop 2,220 · 18% renters · 24% on rent · $651 · 3 cities 2,220 1.9 Rep 18.0% 24.5% $651 14.3% 3
89 Mitchell County Pop 4,344 · 34% renters · 22% on rent · $563 · 8 cities 4,344 1.9 Rep 33.9% 21.9% $563 12.8% 8
90 Comanche County Pop 1,300 · 21% renters · 23% on rent · $632 · 3 cities 1,300 1.9 Rep 20.9% 23.5% $632 15.1% 3
91 Grant County Pop 5,476 · 27% renters · 14% on rent · $717 · 1 city 5,476 1.9 Rep 26.8% 14.2% $717 6.4% 1
92 Gray County Pop 3,253 · 22% renters · 27% on rent · $949 · 4 cities 3,253 1.9 Rep 22.2% 26.5% $949 8.6% 4
93 Lane County Pop 1,080 · 20% renters · 24% on rent · $586 · 2 cities 1,080 1.9 Rep 19.5% 23.8% $586 7.2% 2
94 Meade County Pop 3,111 · 31% renters · 22% on rent · $812 · 3 cities 3,111 1.9 Rep 31.4% 21.7% $812 8.9% 3
95 Rawlins County Pop 1,742 · 35% renters · 26% on rent · $675 · 4 cities 1,742 1.9 Rep 34.6% 25.6% $675 7.9% 4
96 Rooks County Pop 3,818 · 29% renters · 21% on rent · $660 · 7 cities 3,818 1.9 Rep 28.8% 20.9% $660 9.5% 7
97 Sheridan County Pop 1,354 · 25% renters · 22% on rent · $671 · 3 cities 1,354 1.9 Rep 24.8% 22.0% $671 15.0% 3
98 Thomas County Pop 6,153 · 23% renters · 28% on rent · $799 · 5 cities 6,153 1.9 Rep 22.9% 28.4% $799 7.4% 5
99 Washington County Pop 3,369 · 26% renters · 20% on rent · $606 · 10 cities 3,369 1.9 Rep 26.2% 19.5% $606 13.3% 10
100 Republic County Pop 3,213 · 24% renters · 22% on rent · $630 · 9 cities 3,213 1.9 Rep 23.7% 22.3% $630 13.3% 9
101 Kearny County Pop 2,890 · 38% renters · 22% on rent · $978 · 2 cities 2,890 1.9 Rep 38.3% 21.7% $978 8.5% 2
102 Wichita County Pop 1,373 · 24% renters · 31% on rent · $917 · 2 cities 1,373 1.9 Rep 23.7% 30.8% $917 17.6% 2
103 Greeley County Pop 1,304 · 20% renters · 18% on rent · $861 · 3 cities 1,304 1.8 Rep 20.3% 18.3% $861 9.9% 3
104 Hamilton County Pop 1,727 · 22% renters · 19% on rent · $734 · 2 cities 1,727 1.8 Rep 22.4% 18.7% $734 5.0% 2
105 Wallace County Pop 1,036 · 36% renters · 16% on rent · $547 · 3 cities 1,036 1.7 Rep 36.3% 15.8% $547 15.2% 3

Understanding county eviction risk in Kansas

Kansas's 105 counties span eviction-risk scores from 1.7 in Wallace County to 2.6 in Geary County , a 0.8-point gap that captures how unevenly rent burdens, renter populations, and local tenant politics are distributed across the state. The statewide average sits at 2.1/10 (Very Low), but that single figure hides far more than it reveals, the table above scores every county on the same 1–10 scale so you can see exactly where landlord exposure concentrates.

The counties carrying the most eviction risk, Geary County, Chautauqua County, Allen County, are Kansas's denser, higher-cost markets. In Woodson County, renters spend an average of 37% of household income on rent, and 17% of its homes are renter-occupied, the cost pressure that pushes filings up and pulls tenant-protection ordinances into local politics. Larger metros also concentrate the legal-aid networks and renter-organizing capacity that lift a county's score above the rural baseline.

At the other end of the table, Wallace County, Hamilton County, Greeley County score lowest. These tend to be smaller, more rural counties where homeownership is the norm, rent-to-income ratios run lower, and local rent-control or just-cause ordinances are rare or state-preempted. Evictions still happen there, but the structural pressure that drives a high score (heavy rent burden, a large renter majority, organized tenant advocacy) is simply weaker.

Each county score is a population-weighted aggregate of every city scored inside it, so a county with one expensive urban core and a dozen quiet suburbs lands somewhere in between. Click any county row to drill into its cities ranked one by one, a zoomed heat map, and a full breakdown of rent burden, renter share, poverty rate, and political margin. For the statutes that apply statewide regardless of county, notice periods, security-deposit caps, just-cause and rent-control rules, see the Kansas state overview.

Landlord guides for Kansas

State-specific playbooks
Kansas Eviction Costs →
Filing fees, attorney fees, lost rent, sheriff lockout
Kansas Eviction Process →
Step-by-step timeline, notices, statute cites
Kansas Rent Control →
Statewide caps, local ordinances, just-cause
Kansas Tenant Screening →
Five-point protocol, legal rules, protected classes
Kansas Tenant Protections →
Just cause, retaliation, habitability, entry

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