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Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

Junction City Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 20061000801 · Geary County, KS · pop 2,389 · 93% of tract blocks fall in Junction City

With a score of 3.2/10, tract 20061000801 in Junction City, KS reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,389 residents. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 19% Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units769
Renter share34.5%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate18.3%
Median income$71,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 8 tracts In Junction City
Elevated
Within county
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 11 tracts In Geary County
Moderate
Within state
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#487 of 829 tracts In Kansas
Moderate
National
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#63,308 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Junction City and the region

Centroid at 39.0274, -96.8787 · click any tract to drill in

Why Junction City scores 3.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Junction City
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Kansas legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
18.3% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,072 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Junction City
1.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Junction City
2.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Junction City
2.2

How Junction City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Junction City risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.2This tracttract 0008013.4Junction Cityparent city3.6Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 48

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Junction City

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.4/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. Cost burden runs 45% here against 38.8% across Geary County.

The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Geary County average of 3.6 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,072, close to the Junction City average. Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $71,250. 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 20061000801

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20061000801?

Census tract 20061000801 in Junction City scores 3.2/10 (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 20061000801?

Median gross rent is $1,072/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 20061000801?

18.3% of residents in tract 20061000801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,389.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 20061000801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 96th, minority 70th, housing 20th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 20061000801 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.5% 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. 14.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 20061000801 compare to Junction City overall?

Tract 20061000801 scores 3.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Junction City at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Junction City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Junction City

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

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