Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Lenexa Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 20091052421 · Johnson County, KS · pop 4,659
Lenexa anchors census tract 20091052421, which lands at 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 23% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 36% of renter households, a high level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,549 a month while the average household earns $105,070 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 37% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units2,231
Renter share36.7%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate2.7%
Median income$105,070
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
10
th percentile
Very Low
National
7
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lenexa and the region
Centroid at 38.9798, -94.7304 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lenexa scores 1.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lenexa
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Kansas legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
2.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,549 rent vs county FMR
6.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lenexa
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lenexa
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lenexa
3.8
How Lenexa compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 12
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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.
- 6.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.1%Food insecurity
- 2.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.1%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 12.7%Frequent mental distress
- 24.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lenexa
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 Lenexa 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 in line with the Kansas statewide average of 4.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 12th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 20091052421
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20091052421?
Census tract 20091052421 in Lenexa scores 1.6/10 (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 20091052421?
Median gross rent is $1,549/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20091052421?
2.7% of residents in tract 20091052421 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,659.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20091052421?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 8th, minority 38th, housing 50th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 20091052421 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.4% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 20091052421 compare to Lenexa overall?
Tract 20091052421 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of Lenexa at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lenexa eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lenexa
Top eight tracts in Lenexa ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · KS
20091052423
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · KS
20091052419
2.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · KS
20091052417
2.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · KS
20091052416
2.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · KS
20091052415
2.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · KS
20091052507
2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · KS
20091052410
2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · KS
20091052505
1.9
/ 10 · Very Low
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