Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally

Emporia Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 20111000300 · Lyon County, KS · pop 4,529 · 82% of tract blocks fall in Emporia

Census tract 20111000300 covers part of Emporia, KS, and scores 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,529 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.

Risk score

4.5

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 24% Owners 68%

Tract context

Occupied units1,687

Renter share32.3%

SVI overall0.63

Poverty rate15.6%

Median income$53,011

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Emporia and the region

Centroid at 38.3942, -96.2153 · click any tract to drill in

Why Emporia scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Emporia

5.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.4

State political climate

Kansas legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

15.6% poverty · this tract

3.9

Supply constraint

$868 rent vs county FMR

4.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Emporia

4.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Emporia

9.1

Housing court bias

Inherited from Emporia

6.2

How Emporia compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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

59%Socioeconomic
47%Household composition
68%Racial/ethnic minority
65%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.

16.7%Housing insecurity
11.2%Utility-shutoff threat
20.2%Food insecurity
11.4%SNAP enrollment
10.1%Transit barriers
17.2%No health insurance
17.7%Frequent mental distress
33.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Emporia

On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10. Against Lyon County at 33.8%, about a quarter of renters here are cost-burdened.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. 8% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Against the Lyon County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.7/10. Average gross rent is $868, close to the Emporia average.

Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $53,011. 32% 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 20111000300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20111000300?

Census tract 20111000300 in Emporia scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 20111000300?

Median gross rent is $868/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 20111000300?

15.6% of residents in tract 20111000300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,529.

How socially vulnerable is tract 20111000300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 47th, minority 68th, housing 65th.

What share of households in tract 20111000300 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.7% 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. 11.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 20111000300 compare to Emporia overall?

Tract 20111000300 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Emporia at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Emporia eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Emporia

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