Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
11.8%Housing insecurity
8.8%Utility-shutoff threat
12.1%Food insecurity
6.8%SNAP enrollment
7.2%Transit barriers
9.2%No health insurance
15.8%Frequent mental distress
29.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Olathe
21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10.
Against Johnson County at 38.5%, 45% of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 1.0 points above the Johnson County average of 3.6. SNAP participation runs 6.8% against 15.2% nationally.
At $1,170 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Olathe commands. On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 5.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the KS average is 3.7, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $66,837.
57% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 20091052908
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20091052908?
Census tract 20091052908 in Olathe scores 4.6/10 (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 20091052908?
Median gross rent is $1,170/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20091052908?
12.1% of residents in tract 20091052908 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,226.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20091052908?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 59th, minority 44th, housing 71th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 20091052908 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.8% 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. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 20091052908 compare to Olathe overall?
Tract 20091052908 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Olathe at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Olathe eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Olathe
Top eight tracts in Olathe ranked by composite eviction-risk score.