Within parent city
61
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally
Lawrence Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 20045000704 · Douglas County, KS · pop 3,422
Census tract 20045000704 sits in Lawrence eviction risk in Douglas County, Kansas eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. That is riskier than about 43% of US census tracts.
55% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $963 a month while the average household earns $52,917 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 61% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,775
Renter share61.5%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate17.2%
Median income$52,917
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
87
th percentile
High
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lawrence and the region
Centroid at 38.9643, -95.2677 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lawrence scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
17.2% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$963 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Lawrence compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.4%Food insecurity
- 7.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 27.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lawrence
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 5.5/10. 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 Lawrence eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 28th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 20045000704
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20045000704?
Census tract 20045000704 in Lawrence scores 5.1/10 (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 20045000704?
Median gross rent is $963/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20045000704?
17.2% of residents in tract 20045000704 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,422.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20045000704?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 2th, minority 28th, housing 21th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 20045000704 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 20045000704 compare to Lawrence overall?
Tract 20045000704 scores 5.1/10, 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.
Tract · KS
North Lawrence
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · KS
Indian Hills
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · KS
20045000801
6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · KS
Indian Hills
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · KS
Indian Hills
6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · KS
Indian Hills
6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · KS
Indian Hills
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · KS
North Lawrence
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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