Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Simonton Lake Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18039001701 · Elkhart County, IN · pop 3,416 · 62% of tract blocks fall in Simonton Lake
With a score of 3.9/10, tract 18039001701 in Simonton Lake, IN reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,416 residents. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,290
Renter share29.1%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate13.4%
Median income$54,861
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Simonton Lake and the region
Centroid at 41.7422, -85.9584 · click any tract to drill in
Why Simonton Lake scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Simonton Lake
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
13.4% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,114 rent vs county FMR
5.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Simonton Lake
9.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Simonton Lake
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Simonton Lake
7.3
How Simonton Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 12.1%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.5%Food insecurity
- 9.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 9.4%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 35.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Simonton Lake
The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.2/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10. Against Elkhart County at 40.7%, 45% of renters here are cost-burdened.
On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Elkhart County average of 3.9 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,114, close to the Simonton Lake average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $54,861.
29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 18039001701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18039001701?
Census tract 18039001701 in Simonton Lake scores 3.9/10 (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 18039001701?
Median gross rent is $1,114/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18039001701?
13.4% of residents in tract 18039001701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,416.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18039001701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 91th, minority 47th, housing 9th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18039001701 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.1% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18039001701 compare to Simonton Lake overall?
Tract 18039001701 scores 3.9/10, higher than the parent city of Simonton Lake at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Simonton Lake; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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