Neighborhood · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally

Ivanhoe Eviction Risk: Moderate , Gary

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

Eviction risk in the Ivanhoe area of Gary centers on tract 18089010302, which scores 6.1/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 3,604 residents. On the national scale it ranks #18,572 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 65% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $942 a month while the average household earns $35,077 a year, roughly 32% of income at the averages. Renters make up 68% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

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 5.8

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 heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.3/10. 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 Gary eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Lake County average of 5.2 and above the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 35.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 33.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 19% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 18089010302

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

Census tract 18089010302 in the Ivanhoe neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (Moderate 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 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Gary at 3.1/10. 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.

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