Within parent city
93
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Wichita Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 20173008900 · Sedgwick County, KS · pop 3,822
With a score of 4.8/10, tract 20173008900 in Wichita, KS reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,822. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,369
Renter share47.2%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate20.5%
Median income$44,813
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
90
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 37.6847, -97.3993 · 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
20.5% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$863 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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.
- 17.2%Housing insecurity
- 12.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.3%Food insecurity
- 13.6%SNAP enrollment
- 10.6%Transit barriers
- 14.9%No health insurance
- 19.6%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wichita
Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10.
On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10. 46% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Sedgwick County average of 39.0%.
The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Sedgwick County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points.
Average gross rent is $863, 11% below the Wichita average. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the KS average is 3.7, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition 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 20173008900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20173008900?
Census tract 20173008900 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 20173008900?
Median gross rent is $863/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20173008900?
20.5% of residents in tract 20173008900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,822.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20173008900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 89th, minority 48th, housing 69th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 20173008900 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.2% 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. 12.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 20173008900 compare to Wichita overall?
Tract 20173008900 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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