Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally

Emporia Eviction Risk: Moderate

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

Emporia is where census tract 20111000300 sits, home to 4,529 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.6/10. That is riskier than roughly 26% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $868 monthly, set against $53,011 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 32% of occupied homes.

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

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.1/10. 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 Emporia eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Lyon County average of 4.5 and above the Kansas statewide average of 4.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 16.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 63rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

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 2.3/10. 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.