Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Wichita Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 20173004000 · Sedgwick County, KS · pop 4,046

With a score of 4.8/10, tract 20173004000 in Wichita, KS reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,046 residents. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score

4.8

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 38% Owners 32%

Tract context

Occupied units2,056

Renter share68.0%

SVI overall0.86

Poverty rate18.3%

Median income$37,040

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wichita and the region

Centroid at 37.6543, -97.3388 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wichita 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

18.3% poverty · this tract

4.6

Supply constraint

$760 rent vs county FMR

2.6

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 Wichita compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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

85%Socioeconomic
98%Household composition
57%Racial/ethnic minority
49%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
58%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

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.

22.4%Housing insecurity
17.5%Utility-shutoff threat
29.5%Food insecurity
20.8%SNAP enrollment
14.1%Transit barriers
18.3%No health insurance
20.5%Frequent mental distress
39.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wichita

The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. This is renter territory: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10.

At $760 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Wichita commands. Food insecurity runs 29.5% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Sedgwick County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points.

The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Cost burden runs 44% here against 39.0% across Sedgwick County. Housing insecurity runs 22.4% against 14.2% nationally.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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.

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 20173004000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20173004000?

Census tract 20173004000 in Wichita 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.

What is the average rent in tract 20173004000?

Median gross rent is $760/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 20173004000?

18.3% of residents in tract 20173004000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,046.

How socially vulnerable is tract 20173004000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 98th, minority 57th, housing 49th.

What share of households in tract 20173004000 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.4% 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. 17.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 20173004000 compare to Wichita overall?

Tract 20173004000 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.

Was tract 20173004000 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 58% 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wichita

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