Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally

Mead Neighborhood Eviction Risk: Lower , Wichita

Tract 20173006400 · Sedgwick County, KS · pop 1,858 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

With a score of 3.9/10, tract 20173006400 in the Mead Neighborhood area of Wichita, KS reads lower for landlord eviction risk. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score

3.9

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 20% Owners 73%

Tract context

Occupied units669

Renter share26.9%

SVI overall0.63

Poverty rate17.3%

Median income$64,837

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wichita and the region

Centroid at 37.6527, -97.2885 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mead Neighborhood 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

17.3% poverty · this tract

4.3

Supply constraint

$1,080 rent vs county FMR

5.9

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: 63

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

82%Socioeconomic
97%Household composition
56%Racial/ethnic minority
4%Housing & transportation

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.

15.3%Housing insecurity
11.0%Utility-shutoff threat
18.1%Food insecurity
10.5%SNAP enrollment
9.0%Transit barriers
12.8%No health insurance
18.0%Frequent mental distress
32.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mead Neighborhood

Cost burden runs 27% here against 39.0% across Sedgwick County. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10. Average gross rent is $1,080, 11% above the Wichita average.

On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Sedgwick County average of 3.8 closely. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $64,837.

27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 20173006400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20173006400?

Census tract 20173006400 in the Mead Neighborhood 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 20173006400?

Median gross rent is $1,080/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 20173006400?

17.3% of residents in tract 20173006400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,858.

How socially vulnerable is tract 20173006400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 97th, minority 56th, housing 4th.

Is tract 20173006400 considered part of Mead Neighborhood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20173006400 fall within Mead Neighborhood (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 20173006400 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.3% 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 20173006400 compare to Wichita overall?

Tract 20173006400 scores 3.9/10, 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wichita

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