Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

Manhattan Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 20161000201 · Riley County, KS · pop 2,998 · 31% of tract blocks fall in Manhattan

Census tract 20161000201 covers part of Manhattan, KS, and scores 4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,998. Severe burden reaches 41%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 16% Owners 66%

Tract context

Occupied units1,256

Renter share34.6%

SVI overall0.87

Poverty rate21.3%

Median income$49,792

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Manhattan and the region

Centroid at 39.2368, -96.5944 · click any tract to drill in

Why Manhattan scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Manhattan

4.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.2

State political climate

Kansas legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

21.3% poverty · this tract

5.3

Supply constraint

$1,045 rent vs county FMR

5.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Manhattan

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Manhattan

3.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Manhattan

2.5

How Manhattan compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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

90%Socioeconomic
77%Household composition
31%Racial/ethnic minority
87%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.

12.6%Housing insecurity
9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
13.9%Food insecurity
8.5%SNAP enrollment
8.8%Transit barriers
9.6%No health insurance
18.9%Frequent mental distress
29.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Manhattan

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Well under the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 2.5/10. Cost burden runs 53% here against 48.7% across Riley County.

That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Riley County average of 3.9 closely. Average gross rent is $1,045, close to the Manhattan average.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $49,792. 35% 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 20161000201

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20161000201?

Census tract 20161000201 in Manhattan scores 4/10 (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 20161000201?

Median gross rent is $1,045/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 20161000201?

21.3% of residents in tract 20161000201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,998.

How socially vulnerable is tract 20161000201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 77th, minority 31th, housing 87th.

What share of households in tract 20161000201 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.6% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 20161000201 compare to Manhattan overall?

Tract 20161000201 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Manhattan at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Manhattan eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

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