Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally
Lowell Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18089043401 · Lake County, IN · pop 7,680 · 19% of tract blocks fall in Lowell
Census tract 18089043401 belongs to Lowell in Lake County, Indiana. It is home to 7,680 residents and scores 4.4/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 21% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 40% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,319 a month against an average household income of $95,766 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 11% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units2,780
Renter share11.0%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate2.0%
Median income$95,766
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
National
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lowell and the region
Centroid at 41.2525, -87.4924 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lowell scores 1.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lowell
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
2.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,319 rent vs county FMR
6.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lowell
3.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lowell
3.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lowell
3.4
How Lowell compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 9%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.9%Food insecurity
- 4.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 26.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lowell
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 Lowell, 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 8.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18089043401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089043401?
Census tract 18089043401 in Lowell scores 1.9/10 (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 18089043401?
Median gross rent is $1,319/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18089043401?
2.0% of residents in tract 18089043401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,680.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18089043401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 17th, minority 11th, housing 26th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18089043401 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18089043401 compare to Lowell overall?
Tract 18089043401 scores 1.9/10, lower than the parent city of Lowell at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lowell; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lowell
Top eight tracts in Lowell ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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