Neighborhood · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally

Riverside Eviction Risk: Lower , Wichita

Tract 20173000200 · Sedgwick County, KS · pop 3,307 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

For landlords sizing up the Riverside area of Wichita, census tract 20173000200 carries a lower eviction-risk score of 3.6/10. It lands near the 6th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 31% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $956 a month while the average household earns $62,981 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 42% of occupied homes.

Risk score

3.9

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 30% Owners 57%

Tract context

Occupied units1,220

Renter share42.5%

SVI overall0.37

Poverty rate10.8%

Median income$62,981

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wichita and the region

Centroid at 37.7162, -97.3534 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverside scores 3.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Wichita

3.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.4

State political climate

Kansas legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

10.8% poverty · this tract

2.7

Supply constraint

$956 rent vs county FMR

4.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Wichita

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Wichita

2.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Wichita

2.5

How Riverside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 37

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

60%Socioeconomic
23%Household composition
62%Racial/ethnic minority
17%Housing & transportation

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.

4%Grade A
5%Grade B
37%Grade C
42%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Riverside. 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.

17.1%Housing insecurity
11.0%Utility-shutoff threat
20.3%Food insecurity
10.9%SNAP enrollment
9.6%Transit barriers
18.3%No health insurance
18.0%Frequent mental distress
32.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Riverside

What moves this score most is supply constraint at 4.6/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Wichita eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Sedgwick County average of 4.2 and below the Kansas statewide average of 4.2. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 37th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 42% of the tract. 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.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 20173000200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20173000200?

Census tract 20173000200 in the Riverside neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 20173000200?

Median gross rent is $956/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 20173000200?

10.8% of residents in tract 20173000200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,307.

How socially vulnerable is tract 20173000200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 23th, minority 62th, housing 17th.

Is tract 20173000200 considered part of Riverside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20173000200 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 20173000200 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.1% 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. 11.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 20173000200 compare to Wichita overall?

Tract 20173000200 scores 3.9/10, higher than the parent city of Wichita at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wichita eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 20173000200 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. 42% 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 Wichita

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