Waverly Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Gary

roughly two in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Lake County average of 43.0%. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. Food insecurity runs 46.2% against 17.8% nationally.

The poverty rate is 41%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.3/10.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 27.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income of $41,042, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.7/10.

It sits 1.6 points above the Lake County average of 4.4. Average gross rent is $1,224, 21% above the Gary average. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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.

Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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.