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

Mead Neighborhood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wichita

Tract 20173006100 · Sedgwick County, KS · pop 2,825 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

20173006100 is a census tract in the Mead Neighborhood area of Wichita, KS. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 17% Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,110
Renter share32.3%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate21.2%
Median income$40,064

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 10 tracts In Mead Neighborhood
Elevated
Within parent city
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 112 tracts In Wichita
Very High
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 135 tracts In Sedgwick County
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 37.6395, -97.3011 · 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
21.2% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$910 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 0061003.4Wichitaparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. about half of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Sedgwick County average of 39.0%.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Against the Sedgwick County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 9.9/10 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 household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $910, close to the Wichita average.

Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $40,064. 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 20173006100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20173006100?

Census tract 20173006100 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 20173006100?

Median gross rent is $910/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 20173006100?

21.2% of residents in tract 20173006100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,825.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 20173006100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 99th, minority 72th, housing 99th.
Q5

Is tract 20173006100 considered part of Mead Neighborhood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20173006100 fall within Mead Neighborhood (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 20173006100 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.1% 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. 12.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 20173006100 compare to Wichita overall?

Tract 20173006100 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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