Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

Riverside Eviction Risk: Lower , Wichita

Tract 20173001400 · Sedgwick County, KS · pop 3,666 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

20173001400 is a census tract in the Riverside area of Wichita, KS. It scores 3.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,666. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score

3.2

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 30% Owners 55%

Tract context

Occupied units2,050

Renter share44.9%

SVI overall0.22

Poverty rate8.8%

Median income$63,462

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wichita and the region

Centroid at 37.7003, -97.3572 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverside scores 3.2

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

8.8% poverty · this tract

2.2

Supply constraint

$935 rent vs county FMR

4.4

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 Riverside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 22

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

38%Socioeconomic
7%Household composition
36%Racial/ethnic minority
33%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

5%Grade A
31%Grade B
5%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Riverside. 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.

9.2%Housing insecurity
6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
9.7%Food insecurity
5.2%SNAP enrollment
5.6%Transit barriers
7.6%No health insurance
15.7%Frequent mental distress
26.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Riverside

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10.

Against Sedgwick County at 39.0%, 32% of renters here are cost-burdened. SNAP participation runs 5.2% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 9.7% against 17.8% nationally.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Wichita. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $63,462, annual rent is just 18%.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Sedgwick County average of 3.8 closely.

Average gross rent is $935, close to the Wichita average. 45% 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 20173001400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20173001400?

Census tract 20173001400 in the Riverside neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 20173001400?

Median gross rent is $935/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 20173001400?

8.8% of residents in tract 20173001400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,666.

How socially vulnerable is tract 20173001400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 7th, minority 36th, housing 33th.

Is tract 20173001400 considered part of Riverside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20173001400 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 20173001400 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.2% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 20173001400 compare to Wichita overall?

Tract 20173001400 scores 3.2/10, right in line with 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.

Was tract 20173001400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

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