Wichita

Some helpful thoughts to consider as you look through this data.

Data Aggregation and Dissemination: Census data is typically aggregated and disseminated at different geographic levels, ranging from blocks to larger areas like census tracts, counties, and states. The accuracy of poverty estimates diminishes as the geographic unit becomes smaller due to potential data suppression to protect individual privacy.

Margin of Error: Smaller geographic units often have a higher margin of error in the data, which means that poverty estimates could be less accurate and less reliable at the block level compared to larger areas. This is particularly true for low-income populations that may be undercounted or undersampled in the census.

Data Suppression: To protect privacy, census data may be suppressed or modified in areas with a low population, which could affect the accuracy of poverty estimates for small geographic units.

Sampling and Representation: Census data collection involves sampling, and not every household may respond to the census. This can lead to underrepresentation of certain groups, including low-income families. Moreover, the demographic characteristics of a block can change over time, affecting the accuracy of historical poverty estimates.

Local Variation: Poverty is not evenly distributed within neighborhoods or blocks. There may be pockets of poverty or affluence within a small geographic area. This variation can be challenging to capture accurately with census data alone.

Data Quality and Updates: Census data quality can vary depending on factors like the willingness of residents to respond, data collection methods, and local outreach efforts. Additionally, census data is typically collected every 10 years, which may not capture short-term changes in poverty levels.

Supplementary Data: To enhance the accuracy of poverty estimates at the block level, researchers often use supplementary data sources, such as administrative records, surveys, and local community data.

Statistical Techniques: Researchers may employ statistical techniques to estimate poverty rates at finer geographic levels based on available data, but these estimates could be less precise.

Sources and Definitions

All statistics represented on this site are taken from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5 year through most recent year (2023) unless otherwise specified below.

Home / Neighborhood Demographic Snapshots

  • People
    • American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2019-2023)
  • Families
    • Median Household Income - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers

Realities

1. Addiction/Mental Health

  • Mortality Numbers: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Provisional Mortality on CDC WONDER Online Database. Data are from the final Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2023, and from provisional data for years 2024 and later, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/mcd-icd10-provisional.html on Mar 7, 2025 7:56:36 AM
  • Mental Health Indicators: PLACES. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Accessed [date]. https://www.cdc.gov/places Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Provisional Mortality on CDC WONDER Online Database. Data are from the final Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2023, and from provisional data for years 2024 and later, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/mcd-icd10-provisional.html on Mar 7, 2025 7:56:36 AM
  • Substance Abuse Indicators: PLACES. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Accessed [date]. https://www.cdc.gov/places https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/data-research/facts-stats/opioid-dispensing-rate-maps.html Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Provisional Mortality on CDC WONDER Online Database. Data are from the final Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2023, and from provisional data for years 2024 and later, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/mcd-icd10-provisional.html on Mar 7, 2025 7:56:36 AM
  • Mental Health and Opioid Treatment Providers: https://www.samhsa.gov/data/data-we-collect/n-sumhss-national-substance-use-and-mental-health-services-survey/national-directories
  • Loneliness: PLACES. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Accessed [date]. https://www.cdc.gov/places

2. Affordable housing

  • Total Housing Burdened: American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2019-2023)
  • Cost Burden Over Time: American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2019-2023)
  • Rental vs. Owner at Income Level: American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2019-2023)
  • Ownership by Income Level Over Time: American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2019-2023)
  • Homeowners as % of Race Over Time: American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2019-2023)

3. Foster Care

4. Life Expectancy

  • Life Expectancy: National Center for Health Statistics. U.S. Small-Area Life Expectancy Estimates Project (USALEEP): Life Expectancy Estimates File for {Jurisdiction}, 2010-2015]. National Center for Health Statistics. 2018. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/usaleep/usaleep.html
  • Access to Health Insurance: American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2019-2023)
  • Low Access to a Grocery Store: Economic Research Service (ERS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Food Access Research Atlas, https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas/
  • Adverse Health Factors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health. Accessed 2023. https://www.cdc.gov/places
  • Life Expectancy Percentile: National Center for Health Statistics. U.S. Small-Area Life Expectancy Estimates Project (USALEEP): Life Expectancy Estimates File for {Jurisdiction}, 2010-2015]. National Center for Health Statistics. 2018. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/usaleep/usaleep.html

5. Recidivism

  • Recidivism Rate: United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics. National Corrections Reporting Program, 1991-2020: Selected Variables. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-11-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38492.v1
  • Recidivism by Offense Type: United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics. National Corrections Reporting Program, 1991-2020: Selected Variables. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-11-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38492.v1
  • Arrest Rate (Crime): United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: Arrests by Age, Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, United States, 2016-2022. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-07-29. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39063.v1
  • Recidivism and Education in Federal Sentences: United States Sentencing Commission. Monitoring of Federal Criminal Sentences, [United States], 2016-2021. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-03-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38552.v1
  • Program Availability to Inmates: United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2019. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-08-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38325.v2

6. Upward Mobility

  • Growth of Household Income: American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2019-2023)
  • Employment Rate: American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2019-2023)
  • Marriage Rate: American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2019-2023)
  • Teen Birth Rate: American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2019-2023)
  • Mobility at Different Household Income Levels: American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2019-2023)

Definitions

Families in Poverty To calculate total family income, the incomes of all related family members that live together are added up to determine poverty status. If an individual or group of individuals (such as housemates) are not living with family members, their own individual income is compared with their individual poverty threshold. For more detail see https://www.census.gov/topics/income-poverty/poverty/guidance/poverty-measures.html

Indo-European languages is as follows (except for the ones explicitly listed in the graph): Haitian, Italian, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Greek, Russian, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian, Czech, Ukrainian, Armenian, Persian, Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Nepali, Marathi, Albanian, Lithuanian, Pashto (Pushto), Romanian, Swedish, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, or other Dravidian languages

Economically Disadvantaged The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction is defining Economically Disadvantaged status as: Any student identified by a Public School Unit (PSU), meeting the criteria of Directly Certified, Categorically Eligible, or a method consistent with state or federal guidance for financial assistance regardless of participation or eligibility in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) https://www.dpi.nc.gov/data-reports/economically-disadvantaged

Immigrant Any person lawfully in the United States who is not a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or person admitted under a nonimmigrant category as defined by the INA Section 101(a)(15). From https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/reporting-terminology-definitions

Refugee Status granted to an individual, prior to departure for and arrival in the United States, who has been determined by competent authority to be fleeing persecution or have a well-founded fear of persecution in their own country because of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion. From https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/reporting-terminology-definitions

Total Adherents: all members, including full members, their children, and the estimated number of other participants who are not considered members; for example, the "baptized," "those not confirmed," "those not eligible for Communion," "those regularly attending services," and the like. From https://www.thearda.com/data-archive?fid=RCMSCY20

Business ownership is defined as having more than 50% of the stock or equity in the business and is categorized by: Sex: Male; female; or equally male/female. From https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs/about.html

Civilian Labor Force - All non-institutionalized civilians who are either employed or unemployed. https://www.census.gov/topics/employment/labor-force/about/glossary.html

Civilian non-institutionalized population: All U.S. civilians not residing in institutional group quarters facilities such as correctional institutions, juvenile facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and other long-term care living arrangements. https://www.census.gov/glossary/#term_Laborforce?term=Civilian+noninstitutionalized+population

Chronic Homelessness: According to HUD A ‘‘chronically homeless’’ individual is defined to mean a homeless individual with a disability who lives either in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an emergency shelter, or in an institutional care facility if the individual has been living in the facility for fewer than 90 days and had been living in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an emergency shelter immediately before entering the institutional care facility. From https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-12-04/pdf/2015-30473.pdf