Within parent city
69
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Wichita Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 20173006000 · Sedgwick County, KS · pop 3,827
With a score of 4.8/10, tract 20173006000 in Wichita, KS reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,827 residents. Severe burden reaches 35%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,519
Renter share52.3%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate25.2%
Median income$48,244
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
National
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wichita and the region
Centroid at 37.6338, -97.3232 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wichita scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
25.2% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$852 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%Housing & transportation
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.
- 22.7%Housing insecurity
- 16.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.8%Food insecurity
- 19.9%SNAP enrollment
- 14.0%Transit barriers
- 19.7%No health insurance
- 20.4%Frequent mental distress
- 39.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wichita
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10. Food insecurity runs 29.8% against 17.8% nationally. 46% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Sedgwick County average of 39.0%.
Against the Sedgwick County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Average gross rent is $852, 13% below the Wichita average.
On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.9/10.
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.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 20173006000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20173006000?
Census tract 20173006000 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 20173006000?
Median gross rent is $852/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20173006000?
25.2% of residents in tract 20173006000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,827.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20173006000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 76th, minority 67th, housing 79th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 20173006000 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.7% 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. 16.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 20173006000 compare to Wichita overall?
Tract 20173006000 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.
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