Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

Ivanhoe Eviction Risk: Elevated , Gary

Tract 18089010302 · Lake County, IN · pop 3,604 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 18089010302 covers part of the Ivanhoe area of Gary, IN, and scores 6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,604. 65% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Lake County average of 43.0%.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 44% Stable renters 24% Owners 32%

Tract context

Occupied units1,403

Renter share68.4%

SVI overall0.91

Poverty rate28.1%

Median income$35,077

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gary and the region

Centroid at 41.5893, -87.4144 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ivanhoe scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Gary

6.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.8

State political climate

Indiana legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

28.1% poverty · this tract

7.0

Supply constraint

$942 rent vs county FMR

2.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Gary

8.2

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Gary

9.3

Housing court bias

Inherited from Gary

8.7

How Ivanhoe compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

98%Socioeconomic
94%Household composition
96%Racial/ethnic minority
37%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
4%Grade C
19%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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.

35.1%Housing insecurity
33.0%Utility-shutoff threat
52.7%Food insecurity
48.4%SNAP enrollment
25.8%Transit barriers
15.3%No health insurance
23.1%Frequent mental distress
47.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ivanhoe

The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. SNAP participation runs 48.4% against 15.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 33.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.7/10.

Annualized rent equals 32% of average household income of $35,077, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. This is renter territory: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

The poverty rate is 28%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. It sits 1.6 points above the Lake County average of 4.4. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Lake Co. Gary. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 18089010302

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089010302?

Census tract 18089010302 in the Ivanhoe neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 18089010302?

Median gross rent is $942/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18089010302?

28.1% of residents in tract 18089010302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,604.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18089010302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 94th, minority 96th, housing 37th.

Is tract 18089010302 considered part of Ivanhoe?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18089010302 fall within Ivanhoe (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18089010302 struggle to pay rent?

About 35.1% 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. 33.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18089010302 compare to Gary overall?

Tract 18089010302 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Gary at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gary eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 18089010302 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 19% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gary

Top eight tracts in Gary ranked by composite eviction-risk score.