Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally

Gardner Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 20091053703 · Johnson County, KS · pop 3,259 · 96% of tract blocks fall in Gardner

Census tract 20091053703 runs through Gardner. With 3,259 residents, it scores 5.1/10 for landlords. It lands near the 43rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 54% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,236 a month against an average household income of $72,237 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 57% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

2.8

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 26% Owners 43%

Tract context

Occupied units1,426

Renter share57.4%

SVI overall0.36

Poverty rate11.5%

Median income$72,237

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gardner and the region

Centroid at 38.8024, -94.9207 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gardner scores 2.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Gardner

5.9

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.4

State political climate

Kansas legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

11.5% poverty · this tract

2.9

Supply constraint

$1,236 rent vs county FMR

4.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Gardner

4.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Gardner

7.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Gardner

4.4

How Gardner compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 36

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

34%Socioeconomic
40%Household composition
40%Racial/ethnic minority
41%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.

10.8%Housing insecurity
8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
10.7%Food insecurity
6.1%SNAP enrollment
6.5%Transit barriers
8.2%No health insurance
16.1%Frequent mental distress
27.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gardner

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Gardner eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Johnson County average of 3.9 and above the Kansas statewide average of 4.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 36th 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 20091053703

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20091053703?

Census tract 20091053703 in Gardner scores 2.8/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 20091053703?

Median gross rent is $1,236/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 20091053703?

11.5% of residents in tract 20091053703 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,259.

How socially vulnerable is tract 20091053703?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 40th, minority 40th, housing 41th.

What share of households in tract 20091053703 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.8% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 20091053703 compare to Gardner overall?

Tract 20091053703 scores 2.8/10, higher than the parent city of Gardner at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gardner eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gardner

Top eight tracts in Gardner ranked by composite eviction-risk score.