Manhattan Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 20161000304 · Riley County, KS · pop 5,271
Census tract 20161000304 covers part of Manhattan, KS, and scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Manhattan and the region
Centroid at 39.1950, -96.6022 · click any tract to drill in
Why Manhattan scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Manhattan compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%Housing & transportation
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 12.0%Housing insecurity
- 9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.9%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 9.9%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 19.9%Frequent mental distress
- 31.2%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Manhattan
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The poverty rate is 34%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
71% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8.4/10.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. It sits 1.0 points above the Riley County average of 3.9. That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 4.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the KS average is 3.7, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
52% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Average gross rent is $1,006, close to the Manhattan average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $53,701.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
About tract 20161000304
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Highest-risk tracts in Manhattan
Top eight tracts in Manhattan ranked by composite eviction-risk score.