Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally

Mead Neighborhood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wichita

Tract 20173006300 · Sedgwick County, KS · pop 2,323 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 20173006300 covers Mead Neighborhood in Wichita in Kansas. Home to 2,323 residents, it scores 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 9% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 27% of renter households, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $960 a month while the average household earns $42,232 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 45% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.9

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 33% Owners 55%

Tract context

Occupied units1,022

Renter share44.9%

SVI overall0.71

Poverty rate20.4%

Median income$42,232

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wichita and the region

Centroid at 37.6640, -97.2911 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mead Neighborhood scores 4.9

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

20.4% poverty · this tract

5.1

Supply constraint

$960 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 Mead Neighborhood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 71

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

63%Socioeconomic
81%Household composition
54%Racial/ethnic minority
62%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
4%Grade C
0%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 Mead Neighborhood. 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.

14.1%Housing insecurity
10.5%Utility-shutoff threat
17.6%Food insecurity
10.7%SNAP enrollment
8.8%Transit barriers
13.2%No health insurance
16.3%Frequent mental distress
39.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mead Neighborhood

What moves this score most is economic stress at 5.1/10. 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 71st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 14.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 20173006300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20173006300?

Census tract 20173006300 in the Mead Neighborhood neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 20173006300?

Median gross rent is $960/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 20173006300?

20.4% of residents in tract 20173006300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,323.

How socially vulnerable is tract 20173006300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 81th, minority 54th, housing 62th.

Is tract 20173006300 considered part of Mead Neighborhood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20173006300 fall within Mead Neighborhood (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 20173006300 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.1% 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. 10.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 20173006300 compare to Wichita overall?

Tract 20173006300 scores 4.9/10, 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 20173006300 historically redlined?

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

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