Neighborhood · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally

Highland Park Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 18089040700 · Lake County, IN · pop 4,903 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

Eviction risk in the Highland Park area of Lake centers on tract 18089040700, which scores 3.5/10 (Lower tier) and is home to 4,903 residents. On the national scale it ranks #79,441 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 18% of renter households, a modest level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,182 monthly, set against $80,288 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 5% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

2.5

Lower

Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 4% Owners 95%

Tract context

Occupied units2,035

Renter share5.5%

SVI overall0.26

Poverty rate3.4%

Median income$80,288

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lake County and the region

Centroid at 41.5624, -87.4495 · click any tract to drill in

Why Highland Park scores 2.5

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

3.4% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,182 rent vs county FMR

4.9

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 Highland Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 26

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

26%Socioeconomic
65%Household composition
40%Racial/ethnic minority
14%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.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
7%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.

9.2%Housing insecurity
6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
11.4%Food insecurity
5.4%SNAP enrollment
6.1%Transit barriers
7.8%No health insurance
16.3%Frequent mental distress
26.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Highland Park

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 well 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 26th 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 9.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 18089040700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089040700?

Census tract 18089040700 in the Highland Park neighborhood scores 2.5/10 (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 18089040700?

Median gross rent is $1,182/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18089040700?

3.4% of residents in tract 18089040700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,903.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18089040700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 65th, minority 40th, housing 14th.

Is tract 18089040700 considered part of Highland Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18089040700 fall within Highland Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18089040700 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.2% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Was tract 18089040700 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.