Financial Stress · Kansas

Kansas — financial stress by county

The Financial Stress Index (FSI) combines renter cost burden, eviction rate, and debt in collections into a 0–100 score. 82 of 105 Kansas counties have all three inputs and receive a score. The state average FSI across reporting counties is 34.1. Wyandotte, KS has the highest score at 84.

Data note: The eviction rate component draws from the Princeton Eviction Lab's last national county release (2018). Post-pandemic eviction trends are not reflected in these scores — counties with high pre-2020 eviction activity may score differently if updated data were available. Rent burden and debt figures use 2024 ACS and Urban Institute data.

National comparison · Kansas

How does Kansas compare nationally?

Among states with reliable FSI coverage (≥60% of counties scored), Kansas ranks #31 of 36 states. The state average FSI of 34.1 is 35% below the national average FSI of 52.6.

Kansas ranks #9 of 10 in the Midwest by average FSI score.

Top 10 — Most Stressed Counties

Counties in Kansas ranked by FSI score

CountyFSI
1 Wyandotte, KS 84
2 Sedgwick, KS 66
3 Shawnee, KS 66
4 Crawford, KS 60
5 Montgomery, KS 60
6 Riley, KS 59
7 Cherokee, KS 57
8 Marshall, KS 55
9 Douglas, KS 54
10 Franklin, KS 54
Source  ·  US Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2024 (2020–2024) · Princeton Eviction Lab (through 2018) · Urban Institute Debt in America (2024)  ·  Full FSI methodology →

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