Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Hobart Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18089042200 · Lake County, IN · pop 6,527
Eviction risk in Hobart eviction risk centers on tract 18089042200, which scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 6,527 residents. That is riskier than roughly 69% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
55% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 52% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,556 monthly, set against $93,882 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 12% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units2,321
Renter share12.0%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate15.9%
Median income$93,882
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hobart and the region
Centroid at 41.5269, -87.2889 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hobart scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hobart
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
15.9% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,556 rent vs county FMR
8.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hobart
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hobart
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hobart
7.2
How Hobart compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 2%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 3%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.
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.
- 10.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.4%Food insecurity
- 7.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 9.0%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 28.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hobart
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Hobart eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Lake County average of 5.2 and above the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 32nd 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 3% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18089042200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089042200?
Census tract 18089042200 in Hobart scores 3.4/10 (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 18089042200?
Median gross rent is $1,556/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18089042200?
15.9% of residents in tract 18089042200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,527.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18089042200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 57th, minority 52th, housing 20th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18089042200 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.9% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18089042200 compare to Hobart overall?
Tract 18089042200 scores 3.4/10, higher than the parent city of Hobart at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hobart eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 18089042200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 3% 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hobart
Top eight tracts in Hobart ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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