Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Gardner Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 20091053712 · Johnson County, KS · pop 4,591 · 42% of tract blocks fall in Gardner
Tract 20091053712 sits in Gardner eviction risk, KS, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4/10. Population here is 4,591. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,519
Renter share15.5%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$105,898
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gardner and the region
Centroid at 38.7770, -94.9168 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gardner scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,232 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: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 22%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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.4%Food insecurity
- 5.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 27.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gardner
The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 1.9/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10.
Against Johnson County at 38.5%, 45% of renters here are cost-burdened. SNAP participation runs 5.8% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 10.4% against 17.8% nationally.
That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 15% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 1.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $105,898, annual rent is just 14%. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Johnson County average of 3.6 closely. Average gross rent is $1,232, close to the Gardner 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 20091053712
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20091053712?
Census tract 20091053712 in Gardner scores 4/10 (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 20091053712?
Median gross rent is $1,232/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20091053712?
7.6% of residents in tract 20091053712 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,591.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20091053712?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 10th, minority 35th, housing 22th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 20091053712 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 20091053712 compare to Gardner overall?
Tract 20091053712 scores 4/10, right in line with the parent city of Gardner at 3.8/10. 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.
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