Neighborhood · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally

Ward Parkway Eviction Risk: Moderate , Prairie Village

Tract 20091051500 · Johnson County, KS · pop 4,224 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

With a score of 4.1/10, tract 20091051500 in the Ward Parkway area of Prairie Village, KS reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. 51% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Johnson County average of 38.5%.

Risk score

4.1

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 17% Owners 65%

Tract context

Occupied units1,972

Renter share35.1%

SVI overall0.21

Poverty rate8.4%

Median income$91,225

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Prairie Village and the region

Centroid at 38.9870, -94.6209 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ward Parkway scores 4.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Prairie Village

6.9

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.4

State political climate

Kansas legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

8.4% poverty · this tract

2.1

Supply constraint

$1,503 rent vs county FMR

6.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Prairie Village

1.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Prairie Village

2.1

Housing court bias

Inherited from Prairie Village

2.0

How Ward Parkway compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 21

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

18%Socioeconomic
11%Household composition
27%Racial/ethnic minority
56%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
1%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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.

6.6%Housing insecurity
5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
6.3%Food insecurity
3.3%SNAP enrollment
4.3%Transit barriers
5.8%No health insurance
12.9%Frequent mental distress
25.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ward Parkway

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.6/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10.

Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. Food insecurity runs 6.3% against 17.8% nationally.

Average gross rent is $1,503, 16% below the Prairie Village average. Housing insecurity runs 6.6% against 14.2% nationally.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Greater Kansas City. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #47,371 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 2.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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

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

Frequently asked

About tract 20091051500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20091051500?

Census tract 20091051500 in the Ward Parkway neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 20091051500?

Median gross rent is $1,503/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 20091051500?

8.4% of residents in tract 20091051500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,224.

How socially vulnerable is tract 20091051500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 11th, minority 27th, housing 56th.

Is tract 20091051500 considered part of Ward Parkway?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20091051500 fall within Ward Parkway (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 20091051500 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.6% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 20091051500 compare to Prairie Village overall?

Tract 20091051500 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Prairie Village at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Prairie Village eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 20091051500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Prairie Village

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