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Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally

Riverside Eviction Risk: Lower , Wichita

Tract 20173008500 · Sedgwick County, KS · pop 2,299 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Census tract 20173008500 covers part of the Riverside area of Wichita, KS, and scores 3.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 30% Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,051
Renter share43.6%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate11.1%
Median income$58,344

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 8 tracts In Riverside
Low
Within parent city
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#67 of 112 tracts In Wichita
Moderate
Within county
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#72 of 135 tracts In Sedgwick County
Moderate
Within state
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#382 of 829 tracts In Kansas
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wichita and the region

Centroid at 37.7146, -97.3723 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverside scores 3.5

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
11.1% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$865 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 / state3.5This tracttract 0085003.4Wichitaparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

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

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

25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10.

32% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Sedgwick County average of 39.0%. SNAP participation runs 7.7% against 15.2% nationally. At $865 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Wichita commands.

On the national scale it lands near the 31st 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.

Against average income of $58,344, annual rent is just 18%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Sedgwick County average of 3.8 closely.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 20173008500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20173008500?

Census tract 20173008500 in the Riverside neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 20173008500?

Median gross rent is $865/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 20173008500?

11.1% of residents in tract 20173008500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,299.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 20173008500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 80th, minority 59th, housing 70th.
Q5

Is tract 20173008500 considered part of Riverside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20173008500 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 20173008500 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.1% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 20173008500 compare to Wichita overall?

Tract 20173008500 scores 3.5/10, right in line with 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.

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