Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Georgetowne Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18089040502 · Lake County, IN · pop 2,952 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
In the Georgetowne neighborhood of Lake, census tract 18089040502 scores 4.5/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 23% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,088 a month while the average household earns $82,059 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 32% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,462
Renter share32.1%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate3.8%
Median income$82,059
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lake County and the region
Centroid at 41.5295, -87.4645 · click any tract to drill in
Why Georgetowne scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
3.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,088 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 Georgetowne compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%Housing & transportation
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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.6%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 14.1%Frequent mental distress
- 28.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Georgetowne
The score leans hardest on 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 in line with the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 28th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18089040502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089040502?
Census tract 18089040502 in the Georgetowne neighborhood scores 2.6/10 (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 18089040502?
Median gross rent is $1,088/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18089040502?
3.8% of residents in tract 18089040502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,952.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18089040502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 19th, minority 44th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 18089040502 considered part of Georgetowne?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18089040502 fall within Georgetowne (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 18089040502 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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