Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Towanda Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 20015020601 · Butler County, KS · pop 4,096 · 22% of tract blocks fall in Towanda
Census tract 20015020601 covers Towanda, home to 4,096 residents. For landlords it grades 4.7/10, a moderate reading. It lands near the 29th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,069 a month while the average household earns $80,089 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 13% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.8
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
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
27
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 2.8
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
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Towanda, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Butler County average of 4.3 and above the Kansas statewide average of 4.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 18th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 20015020601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20015020601?
Census tract 20015020601 in Towanda scores 2.8/10 (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 2.8/10, higher than the parent city of Towanda at 2.2/10. 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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