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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Manhattan Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 20161000601 · Riley County, KS · pop 3,448

Census tract 20161000601 covers part of Manhattan, KS, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,448 residents. 29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 22% Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,416
Renter share39.6%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$81,064

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#13 of 14 tracts In Manhattan
Very Low
Within county
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 17 tracts In Riley County
Very Low
Within state
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#559 of 829 tracts In Kansas
Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Manhattan and the region

Centroid at 39.1960, -96.6259 · click any tract to drill in

Why Manhattan scores 3

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
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,274 rent vs county FMR
7.8
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.
Manhattan risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0006013.5Manhattanparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 29

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Manhattan

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The voucher gap is 28.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

At $1,274 a month, rents run 27% over what the rest of Manhattan commands. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.8/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. SNAP participation runs 3.8% against 15.2% nationally.

Cost burden runs 44% here against 48.7% across Riley County. Against the Riley County average of 3.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points.

Housing insecurity runs 7.1% against 14.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $81,064.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 20161000601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20161000601?

Census tract 20161000601 in Manhattan scores 3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 20161000601?

Median gross rent is $1,274/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 20161000601?

7.2% of residents in tract 20161000601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,448.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 20161000601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 15th, minority 32th, housing 70th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 20161000601 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.1% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 20161000601 compare to Manhattan overall?

Tract 20161000601 scores 3/10, lower 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Manhattan

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

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