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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Mead Neighborhood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wichita

Tract 20173003700 · Sedgwick County, KS · pop 1,898 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Tract 20173003700 sits in the Mead Neighborhood area of Wichita eviction risk, KS, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. Population here is 1,898. 61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Sedgwick County average of 39.0%.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 18% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units779
Renter share45.7%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate29.3%
Median income$32,525

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#7 of 10 tracts In Mead Neighborhood
Low
Within parent city
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#31 of 112 tracts In Wichita
Elevated
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 135 tracts In Sedgwick County
Very High
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#56 of 829 tracts In Kansas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wichita and the region

Centroid at 37.6680, -97.2846 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mead Neighborhood scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Wichita
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Kansas legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
29.3% poverty · this tract
7.3
Supply constraint
$684 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wichita
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wichita
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wichita
2.5

How Mead Neighborhood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mead Neighborhood risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0037003.4Wichitaparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Mead Neighborhood. 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 Mead Neighborhood

Food insecurity runs 41.4% against 17.8% nationally. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. 26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

At $684 a month, rents run 30% under what the rest of Wichita commands. The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.9/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 25.1% against 11.3% nationally. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. It sits 1.0 points above the Sedgwick County average of 3.8.

On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the KS average is 3.7, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 20173003700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20173003700?

Census tract 20173003700 in the Mead Neighborhood neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 20173003700?

Median gross rent is $684/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 20173003700?

29.3% of residents in tract 20173003700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,898.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 20173003700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 84th, minority 72th, housing 77th.
Q5

Is tract 20173003700 considered part of Mead Neighborhood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20173003700 fall within Mead Neighborhood (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 20173003700 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.4% 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. 23.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 20173003700 compare to Wichita overall?

Tract 20173003700 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Wichita at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wichita eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wichita

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

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