Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally

Brantwood Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 18089040600 · Lake County, IN · pop 3,975 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 18089040600 sits in the Brantwood area of Lake, Indiana eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 3.9/10. It lands near the 11th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 28% of renter households, a moderate level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,120 monthly, set against $77,522 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

2.8

Lower

Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 14% Owners 80%

Tract context

Occupied units1,635

Renter share20.1%

SVI overall0.41

Poverty rate5.6%

Median income$77,522

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lake County and the region

Centroid at 41.5593, -87.4697 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brantwood scores 2.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

State baseline

2.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.8

State political climate

Indiana legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

5.6% poverty · this tract

1.4

Supply constraint

$1,120 rent vs county FMR

4.4

Rent control risk

State baseline

2.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.0

Tenant organizing strength

State baseline

4.0

Housing court bias

State baseline

5.0

How Brantwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 41

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

27%Socioeconomic
58%Household composition
50%Racial/ethnic minority
50%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

8%Grade A
0%Grade B
14%Grade C
0%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.

9.7%Housing insecurity
7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
12.5%Food insecurity
6.3%SNAP enrollment
6.4%Transit barriers
8.3%No health insurance
16.0%Frequent mental distress
27.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brantwood

What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by Indiana eviction laws law, 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 below the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 41st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 18089040600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089040600?

Census tract 18089040600 in the Brantwood neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 18089040600?

Median gross rent is $1,120/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18089040600?

5.6% of residents in tract 18089040600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,975.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18089040600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 58th, minority 50th, housing 50th.

Is tract 18089040600 considered part of Brantwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18089040600 fall within Brantwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18089040600 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Was tract 18089040600 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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.