Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Reed's Cove Eviction Risk: Lower , Wichita
Tract 20173010115 · Sedgwick County, KS · pop 8,347 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 20173010115 in the Reed's Cove area of Wichita, KS reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 8,347 residents. Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units2,940
Renter share24.6%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate8.7%
Median income$149,085
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wichita and the region
Centroid at 37.7191, -97.1946 · click any tract to drill in
Why Reed's Cove scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
8.7% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,937 rent vs county FMR
10.0
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 Reed's Cove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%Housing & transportation
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.
- 6.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.6%Food insecurity
- 3.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.0%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 12.5%Frequent mental distress
- 22.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Reed's Cove
Cost burden runs 56% here against 39.0% across Sedgwick County. The dominant input is supply constraint at 10/10. Average gross rent is $1,937, 99% above the Wichita average.
The voucher gap is 94.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. SNAP participation runs 3.1% against 15.2% nationally.
Housing insecurity runs 6.4% against 14.2% nationally. It sits 0.8 points below the Sedgwick County average of 3.8. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 25% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.3/10. Against average income of $149,085, annual rent is just 16%.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 20173010115
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20173010115?
Census tract 20173010115 in the Reed's Cove neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 20173010115?
Median gross rent is $1,937/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 20173010115?
8.7% of residents in tract 20173010115 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,347.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 20173010115?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 43th, minority 31th, housing 60th.
Q5
Is tract 20173010115 considered part of Reed's Cove?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20173010115 fall within Reed's Cove (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 20173010115 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.4% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 20173010115 compare to Wichita overall?
Tract 20173010115 scores 3/10, lower 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.
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