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

Wichita Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 20173007500 · Sedgwick County, KS · pop 2,852

With a score of 4.8/10, tract 20173007500 in Wichita, KS reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,852. 57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Sedgwick County average of 39.0%.

Risk score

4.8

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 26% Owners 39%

Tract context

Occupied units919

Renter share60.8%

SVI overall0.78

Poverty rate31.1%

Median income$53,469

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wichita and the region

Centroid at 37.7104, -97.2793 · 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

31.1% poverty · this tract

7.8

Supply constraint

$1,288 rent vs county FMR

7.9

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: 78

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

96%Socioeconomic
71%Household composition
80%Racial/ethnic minority
25%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

2%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%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

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.

28.3%Housing insecurity
23.1%Utility-shutoff threat
35.0%Food insecurity
27.1%SNAP enrollment
16.7%Transit barriers
16.1%No health insurance
20.8%Frequent mental distress
38.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wichita

Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Average gross rent is $1,288, 32% above the Wichita average. The voucher gap is 29.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Food insecurity runs 35.0% against 17.8% nationally.

The poverty rate is 31%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10.

Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10. SNAP participation runs 27.1% against 15.2% nationally.

It sits 1.0 points above the Sedgwick County average of 3.8. This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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.

That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8/10.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 20173007500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20173007500?

Census tract 20173007500 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 20173007500?

Median gross rent is $1,288/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 20173007500?

31.1% of residents in tract 20173007500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,852.

How socially vulnerable is tract 20173007500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 71th, minority 80th, housing 25th.

What share of households in tract 20173007500 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.3% 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. 23.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 20173007500 compare to Wichita overall?

Tract 20173007500 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 20173007500 historically redlined?

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

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wichita

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