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

Berkeley Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Emporia

Tract 20111000400 · Lyon County, KS · pop 3,145 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 20111000400 covers part of the Berkeley Hills area of Emporia, KS, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,145 residents. Cost burden runs 48% here against 33.8% across Lyon County.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 38% Owners 27%

Tract context

Occupied units1,556

Renter share72.8%

SVI overall0.60

Poverty rate27.4%

Median income$34,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Emporia and the region

Centroid at 38.4113, -96.1853 · click any tract to drill in

Why Berkeley Hills scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Emporia

5.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.4

State political climate

Kansas legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

27.4% poverty · this tract

6.8

Supply constraint

$704 rent vs county FMR

3.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Emporia

4.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Emporia

9.1

Housing court bias

Inherited from Emporia

6.2

How Berkeley Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

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

83%Socioeconomic
2%Household composition
49%Racial/ethnic minority
86%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Berkeley 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.

16.7%Housing insecurity
13.0%Utility-shutoff threat
22.3%Food insecurity
15.0%SNAP enrollment
12.6%Transit barriers
13.5%No health insurance
21.9%Frequent mental distress
36.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Berkeley Hills

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10. This is renter territory: 73% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10.

It sits 1.7 points above the Lyon County average of 3.7. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. At $704 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Emporia commands.

That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.4/10.

Statewide the KS average is 3.7, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $34,000.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 20111000400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20111000400?

Census tract 20111000400 in the Berkeley 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.

What is the average rent in tract 20111000400?

Median gross rent is $704/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 20111000400?

27.4% of residents in tract 20111000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,145.

How socially vulnerable is tract 20111000400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 2th, minority 49th, housing 86th.

Is tract 20111000400 considered part of Berkeley Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20111000400 fall within Berkeley Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 20111000400 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.7% 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. 13.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 20111000400 compare to Emporia overall?

Tract 20111000400 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Emporia at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Emporia eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Emporia

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