Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 18089041400 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18089041400 ·
Lake County, IN · pop 2,820
18089041400 is a census tract in Lake County, IN. It scores 3.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,820. 27% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Lake County average of 43.0%.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%Stable renters 21%Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,143
Renter share28.3%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$61,934
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within county
40th percentile
#79 of 131 tracts In Lake County
Moderate
Within state
55th percentile
#761 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Elevated
National
36th percentile
#54,273 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lake County and the region
Centroid at 41.5271, -87.3912 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 18089041400 scores 3.7
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
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,229 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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 18089041400 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
11.9%Housing insecurity
8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
16.6%Food insecurity
9.2%SNAP enrollment
8.2%Transit barriers
9.8%No health insurance
17.4%Frequent mental distress
30.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 18089041400
Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 2/10. On the softer side, local political climate reads 2/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.
Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against the Lake County average of 4.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.9/10. Model confidence here is 65%, lower than typical because some ACS inputs for this tract carry wide margins of error, so read the score as a band, not a point.
Average gross rent runs $1,229 a month. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $61,934. 28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 18089041400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089041400?
Census tract 18089041400 in Lake County scores 3.7/10 (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 18089041400?
Median gross rent is $1,229/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18089041400?
11.7% of residents in tract 18089041400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,820.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18089041400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 63th, minority 45th, housing 65th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18089041400 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.9% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.