Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Gardner Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 20091053707 · Johnson County, KS · pop 5,213 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Gardner
Census tract 20091053707 covers part of Gardner, KS, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,213 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.9/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,896
Renter share36.4%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate13.4%
Median income$87,419
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gardner and the region
Centroid at 38.8172, -94.9167 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gardner scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gardner
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Kansas legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
13.4% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,192 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gardner
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gardner
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gardner
4.4
How Gardner compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.3%Food insecurity
- 7.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.7%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 28.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gardner
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. Against the Johnson County average of 3.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.
30% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Johnson County average of 38.5%. Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7/10.
SNAP participation runs 7.7% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,192, 9% below the Gardner average. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.4/10. Against average income of $87,419, annual rent is just 16%.
Statewide the KS average is 3.7, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
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 20091053707
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20091053707?
Census tract 20091053707 in Gardner 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 20091053707?
Median gross rent is $1,192/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20091053707?
13.4% of residents in tract 20091053707 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,213.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20091053707?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 77th, minority 25th, housing 44th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 20091053707 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 20091053707 compare to Gardner overall?
Tract 20091053707 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Gardner at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gardner eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Gardner
Top eight tracts in Gardner ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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