Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally

Emporia Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 20111000500 · Lyon County, KS · pop 4,395 · 92% of tract blocks fall in Emporia

Tract 20111000500 covers Emporia in Lyon County in Kansas. Home to 4,395 residents, it scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 18% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

22% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $959 a month against an average household income of $59,834 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.9

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 26% Owners 67%

Tract context

Occupied units1,572

Renter share33.3%

SVI overall0.83

Poverty rate9.3%

Median income$59,834

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Emporia and the region

Centroid at 38.3937, -96.1641 · click any tract to drill in

Why Emporia scores 3.9

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

9.3% poverty · this tract

2.3

Supply constraint

$959 rent vs county FMR

5.9

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: 83

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

63%Socioeconomic
96%Household composition
73%Racial/ethnic minority
75%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.

19.0%Housing insecurity
12.7%Utility-shutoff threat
23.5%Food insecurity
13.6%SNAP enrollment
11.3%Transit barriers
20.2%No health insurance
18.3%Frequent mental distress
36.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Emporia

The score leans hardest on 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 in line with the Kansas statewide average of 4.2. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 19.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 83rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 20111000500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20111000500?

Census tract 20111000500 in Emporia scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 20111000500?

Median gross rent is $959/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 20111000500?

9.3% of residents in tract 20111000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,395.

How socially vulnerable is tract 20111000500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 96th, minority 73th, housing 75th.

What share of households in tract 20111000500 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.0% 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. 12.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 20111000500 compare to Emporia overall?

Tract 20111000500 scores 3.9/10, 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.