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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Indian Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lawrence

Tract 20045000903 · Douglas County, KS · pop 1,765 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 20045000903 covers part of the Indian Hills area of Lawrence, KS, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,765. The severe-burden share is 38%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47% Stable renters 21% Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units874
Renter share68.6%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate35.8%
Median income$36,053

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 7 tracts In Indian Hills
Moderate
Within parent city
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 24 tracts In Lawrence
High
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#8 of 27 tracts In Douglas County
Elevated
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 829 tracts In Kansas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lawrence and the region

Centroid at 38.9464, -95.2512 · click any tract to drill in

Why Indian Hills scores 5.4

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
35.8% poverty · this tract
8.9
Supply constraint
$1,284 rent vs county FMR
6.3
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 / state5.4This tracttract 0009034.0Lawrenceparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 31

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

Cost burden runs 69% here against 47.5% across Douglas County. Set annual rent against average income of $36,053 and the ratio lands at 43%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

The dominant input is economic stress at 8.9/10. The poverty rate is 36%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. This is renter territory: 69% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10.

It sits 1.3 points above the Douglas County average of 4.1. Average gross rent is $1,284, 18% above the Lawrence average.

The voucher gap is 12.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 3.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the KS average is 3.7, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 20045000903

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20045000903?

Census tract 20045000903 in the Indian Hills neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 20045000903?

Median gross rent is $1,284/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 20045000903?

35.8% of residents in tract 20045000903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,765.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 20045000903?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 0th, minority 33th, housing 43th.
Q5

Is tract 20045000903 considered part of Indian Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20045000903 fall within Indian Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 20045000903 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.1% 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. 12.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 20045000903 compare to Lawrence overall?

Tract 20045000903 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Lawrence at 4/10. 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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