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Neighborhood · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally

Riverside Eviction Risk: Lower , Wichita

Tract 20173001400 · Sedgwick County, KS · pop 3,666 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 20173001400 runs through the Riverside neighborhood of Wichita. With 3,666 residents, it scores 3.6/10 for landlords. It lands near the 6th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 32% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $935 monthly, set against $63,462 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 30% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units2,050
Renter share44.9%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate8.8%
Median income$63,462

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 8 tracts In Riverside
Very Low
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#75 of 112 tracts In Wichita
Low
Within county
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#78 of 135 tracts In Sedgwick County
Moderate
Within state
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#356 of 829 tracts In Kansas
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wichita and the region

Centroid at 37.7003, -97.3572 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverside scores 3.8

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
8.8% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$935 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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.
Riverside risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.83.8This tracttract 001400Wichita: 2.42.4Wichitaparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.53.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 22

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Riverside

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 4.4/10. 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 9.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

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 20173001400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20173001400?

Census tract 20173001400 in the Riverside neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 20173001400?

Median gross rent is $935/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 20173001400?

8.8% of residents in tract 20173001400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,666.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 20173001400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 7th, minority 36th, housing 33th.
Q5

Is tract 20173001400 considered part of Riverside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20173001400 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 20173001400 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.2% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 20173001400 compare to Wichita overall?

Tract 20173001400 scores 3.8/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 20173001400 historically redlined?

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

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

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