Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 18089041302 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18089041302 · Lake County, IN · pop 2,452
With a score of 4.4/10, tract 18089041302 in Lake ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,452 residents. That is riskier than roughly 21% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
45% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,100 a month against an average household income of $57,500 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,032
Renter share21.5%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate8.1%
Median income$57,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lake County and the region
Centroid at 41.5429, -87.3863 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 18089041302 scores 3.3
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
8.1% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,100 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 Tract 18089041302 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 13.8%Housing insecurity
- 10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.2%Food insecurity
- 10.6%SNAP enrollment
- 9.1%Transit barriers
- 11.5%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 32.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 18089041302
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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 53rd 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18089041302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089041302?
Census tract 18089041302 in Lake County scores 3.3/10 (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 18089041302?
Median gross rent is $1,100/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18089041302?
8.1% of residents in tract 18089041302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,452.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18089041302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 56th, minority 49th, housing 19th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18089041302 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.8% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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