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Neighborhood · Ranked #6,848 of 84,120 nationally

Indian Hills Eviction Risk: Elevated , Lawrence

Tract 20045000400 · Douglas County, KS · pop 4,234 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Census tract 20045000400 sits in Indian Hills in Lawrence eviction risk, Kansas eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 67% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 67% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is about $752 a month. About 94% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 63% Stable renters 31% Owners 6%
Tract context
Occupied units95
Renter share93.7%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate69.3%

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 7 tracts In Indian Hills
Very High
Within parent city
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 24 tracts In Lawrence
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 27 tracts In Douglas County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 829 tracts In Kansas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lawrence and the region

Centroid at 38.9525, -95.2600 · click any tract to drill in

Why Indian Hills scores 6.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lawrence
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Kansas legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
69.3% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$752 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lawrence
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lawrence
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lawrence
3.5

How Indian Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Indian Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.66.6This tracttract 000400Lawrence: 2.72.7Lawrenceparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.53.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 41

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Indian Hills. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Indian Hills

The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Lawrence eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Douglas County average of 4.9 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 41st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 19.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.3% 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 20045000400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20045000400?

Census tract 20045000400 in the Indian Hills neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (Elevated 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 20045000400?

Median gross rent is $752/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 20045000400?

69.3% of residents in tract 20045000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,234.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 20045000400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 1th, minority 53th, housing 66th.
Q5

Is tract 20045000400 considered part of Indian Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20045000400 fall within Indian Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 20045000400 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.1% 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. 16.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 20045000400 compare to Lawrence overall?

Tract 20045000400 scores 6.6/10, higher than the parent city of Lawrence at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lawrence eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lawrence

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

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