West Vernon Plance Eviction Risk: Moderate , Shawnee

Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.8/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. Against the Johnson County average of 3.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10. 12% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

SNAP participation runs 5.4% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 9.8% against 17.8% nationally.

Average gross rent is $1,053, 11% below the Merriam average. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the KS average is 3.7, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $67,074.

38% 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.