Neighborhood · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally

Bradford Place Eviction Risk: Lower , Wichita

Tract 20173007302 · Sedgwick County, KS · pop 3,873 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

How risky is the Bradford Place neighborhood of Wichita for landlords? Census tract 20173007302 scores 3.7/10, the Lower tier. On the national scale it ranks #77,663 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 24% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,309 monthly, set against $87,866 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 43% of occupied homes.

Risk score

3.6

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 33% Owners 57%

Tract context

Occupied units1,546

Renter share43.1%

SVI overall0.27

Poverty rate13.4%

Median income$87,866

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wichita and the region

Centroid at 37.6870, -97.2413 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bradford Place scores 3.6

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

13.4% poverty · this tract

3.4

Supply constraint

$1,309 rent vs county FMR

8.2

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 Bradford Place compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 27

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

35%Socioeconomic
29%Household composition
35%Racial/ethnic minority
27%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

9%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%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 Bradford Place. 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.

8.2%Housing insecurity
6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
8.9%Food insecurity
4.9%SNAP enrollment
5.3%Transit barriers
6.6%No health insurance
14.0%Frequent mental distress
26.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bradford Place

The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 8.2/10. 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.

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

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.5% 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 20173007302

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20173007302?

Census tract 20173007302 in the Bradford Place neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 20173007302?

Median gross rent is $1,309/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 20173007302?

13.4% of residents in tract 20173007302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,873.

How socially vulnerable is tract 20173007302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 29th, minority 35th, housing 27th.

Is tract 20173007302 considered part of Bradford Place?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20173007302 fall within Bradford Place (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 20173007302 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.2% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 20173007302 compare to Wichita overall?

Tract 20173007302 scores 3.6/10, 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 20173007302 historically redlined?

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