Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Towanda Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 20015020601 · Butler County, KS · pop 4,096 · 22% of tract blocks fall in Towanda
Tract 20015020601 sits in Towanda, KS, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.4/10. It is home to 4,096 residents. 25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,621
Renter share13.2%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$80,089
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Towanda and the region
Centroid at 37.7789, -97.0276 · click any tract to drill in
Why Towanda scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Towanda
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
Kansas legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,069 rent vs county FMR
5.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Towanda
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Towanda
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Towanda
7.0
How Towanda compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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.
- 9.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.9%Food insecurity
- 5.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 30.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Towanda
Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.8/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. SNAP participation runs 5.5% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 9.9% against 17.8% nationally.
42% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Butler County average of 37.4%. On the national scale it lands near the 29th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 13% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.6/10. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $80,089, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Butler County average of 3.7 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 20015020601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20015020601?
Census tract 20015020601 in Towanda scores 3.4/10 (Lower 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 20015020601?
Median gross rent is $1,069/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20015020601?
9.0% of residents in tract 20015020601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,096.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20015020601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 50th, minority 9th, housing 27th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 20015020601 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.1% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 20015020601 compare to Towanda overall?
Tract 20015020601 scores 3.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Towanda at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Towanda; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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