Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Cedar Lake Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18089043101 · Lake County, IN · pop 3,280 · 83% of tract blocks fall in Cedar Lake
Cedar Lake anchors census tract 18089043101, which lands at 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 46% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,068 a month against an average household income of $76,827 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,202
Renter share21.4%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate5.7%
Median income$76,827
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
22
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cedar Lake and the region
Centroid at 41.3991, -87.4162 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cedar Lake scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cedar Lake
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
5.7% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,068 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cedar Lake
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cedar Lake
4.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cedar Lake
4.2
How Cedar Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%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.
- 9.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.2%Food insecurity
- 7.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 28.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cedar Lake
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 5.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Cedar Lake, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Lake County average of 5.2 and in line with the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18089043101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089043101?
Census tract 18089043101 in Cedar Lake scores 2.5/10 (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 18089043101?
Median gross rent is $1,068/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18089043101?
5.7% of residents in tract 18089043101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,280.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18089043101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 20th, minority 8th, housing 20th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18089043101 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.7% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18089043101 compare to Cedar Lake overall?
Tract 18089043101 scores 2.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Cedar Lake at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cedar Lake; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Cedar Lake
Top eight tracts in Cedar Lake ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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