Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Riverside Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wichita
Tract 20173008700 ·
Sedgwick County, KS · pop 3,733 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
With a score of 4.5/10, tract 20173008700 in the Riverside area of Wichita, KS reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,733. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%Stable renters 33%Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,589
Renter share53.6%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate18.6%
Median income$49,514
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
43th percentile
#5 of 8 tracts In Riverside
Moderate
Within parent city
60th percentile
#46 of 112 tracts In Wichita
Elevated
Within county
66th percentile
#46 of 135 tracts In Sedgwick County
Elevated
Within state
81th percentile
#162 of 829 tracts In Kansas
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wichita and the region
Centroid at 37.7027, -97.3793 · click any tract to drill in
Why Riverside scores 4.5
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
18.6% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$911 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
14.8%Housing insecurity
10.7%Utility-shutoff threat
18.1%Food insecurity
10.6%SNAP enrollment
9.3%Transit barriers
14.2%No health insurance
17.8%Frequent mental distress
35.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Riverside
Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10.
The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. It sits 0.7 points above the Sedgwick County average of 3.8. That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 38% of renters.
Average gross rent is $911, close to the Wichita average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $49,514.
54% 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 20173008700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20173008700?
Census tract 20173008700 in the Riverside neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 20173008700?
Median gross rent is $911/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20173008700?
18.6% of residents in tract 20173008700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,733.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20173008700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 47th, minority 57th, housing 73th.
Q5
Is tract 20173008700 considered part of Riverside?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20173008700 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 20173008700 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.8% 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. 10.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 20173008700 compare to Wichita overall?
Tract 20173008700 scores 4.5/10, 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.
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