Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Riverside Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wichita

Tract 20173001500 · Sedgwick County, KS · pop 2,817 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Tract 20173001500 sits in the Riverside area of Wichita eviction risk, KS, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score

4.8

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 39% Owners 39%

Tract context

Occupied units982

Renter share60.6%

SVI overall0.79

Poverty rate33.7%

Median income$54,333

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wichita and the region

Centroid at 37.6902, -97.3676 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverside scores 4.8

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

33.7% poverty · this tract

8.4

Supply constraint

$1,116 rent vs county FMR

6.2

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: 79

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

93%Socioeconomic
90%Household composition
60%Racial/ethnic minority
27%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.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
78%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.

23.0%Housing insecurity
18.5%Utility-shutoff threat
31.1%Food insecurity
23.6%SNAP enrollment
15.0%Transit barriers
19.6%No health insurance
21.9%Frequent mental distress
41.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Riverside

The poverty rate is 34%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, economic stress reads 8.4/10.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. It sits 1.0 points above the Sedgwick County average of 3.8.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. SNAP participation runs 23.6% against 15.2% nationally. At $1,116 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of Wichita commands.

The voucher gap is 12.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Wichita. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 8.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 20173001500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20173001500?

Census tract 20173001500 in the Riverside neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 20173001500?

Median gross rent is $1,116/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 20173001500?

33.7% of residents in tract 20173001500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,817.

How socially vulnerable is tract 20173001500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 90th, minority 60th, housing 27th.

Is tract 20173001500 considered part of Riverside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20173001500 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 20173001500 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.0% 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. 18.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 20173001500 compare to Wichita overall?

Tract 20173001500 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Wichita at 3.4/10. 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 20173001500 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. 78% 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.