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Neighborhood · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally

Owen Manor Eviction Risk: Lower , Merriam

Tract 20091052201 · Johnson County, KS · pop 3,303 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

The Owen Manor neighborhood of Merriam anchors census tract 20091052201, which lands at $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 12th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 16% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,369 a month while the average household earns $82,261 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 17% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,239
Renter share19.9%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$82,261

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Owen Manor
Moderate
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Merriam
Very Low
Within county
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#40 of 154 tracts In Johnson County
Elevated
Within state
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#667 of 829 tracts In Kansas
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Merriam and the region

Centroid at 39.0382, -94.6914 · click any tract to drill in

Why Owen Manor scores 2.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Merriam
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Kansas legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,369 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Merriam
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Merriam
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Merriam
4.5

How Owen Manor compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Owen Manor risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.22.2This tracttract 052201Merriam: 2.52.5Merriamparent cityCounty: 1.91.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.53.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 20

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Owen Manor

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.9/10. 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 Merriam 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 Johnson County average of 3.9 and in line with the Kansas statewide average of 4.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.1% 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 20091052201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20091052201?

Census tract 20091052201 in the Owen Manor neighborhood scores 2.2/10 (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 20091052201?

Median gross rent is $1,369/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 20091052201?

5.0% of residents in tract 20091052201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,303.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 20091052201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 59th, minority 40th, housing 13th.
Q5

Is tract 20091052201 considered part of Owen Manor?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20091052201 fall within Owen Manor (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 20091052201 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.2% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 20091052201 compare to Merriam overall?

Tract 20091052201 scores 2.2/10, lower than the parent city of Merriam at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Merriam eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 20091052201 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 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 Merriam

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

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