Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally

Lottaville Eviction Risk: Lower , Merrillville

Tract 18089042405 · Lake County, IN · pop 4,234 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 18089042405 sits in the Lottaville area of Merrillville eviction risk, IN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.9/10. Population here is 4,234. Severe burden reaches 44%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

3.9

Lower

Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 3% Owners 93%

Tract context

Occupied units1,741

Renter share6.7%

SVI overall0.27

Poverty rate14.7%

Median income$82,679

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Merrillville and the region

Centroid at 41.4917, -87.3725 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lottaville scores 3.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Merrillville

6.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.8

State political climate

Indiana legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

14.7% poverty · this tract

3.7

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Merrillville

7.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Merrillville

6.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Merrillville

7.0

How Lottaville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 27

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

36%Socioeconomic
60%Household composition
80%Racial/ethnic minority
4%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Lottaville. 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.

15.7%Housing insecurity
12.5%Utility-shutoff threat
19.4%Food insecurity
11.5%SNAP enrollment
9.6%Transit barriers
8.0%No health insurance
16.4%Frequent mental distress
27.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lottaville

56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Lake County average of 43.0%. The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.9/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.6/10. On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Lake County average of 4.4 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 18089042405

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089042405?

Census tract 18089042405 in the Lottaville neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18089042405?

14.7% of residents in tract 18089042405 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,234.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18089042405?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 60th, minority 80th, housing 4th.

Is tract 18089042405 considered part of Lottaville?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18089042405 fall within Lottaville (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18089042405 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.7% 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. 12.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18089042405 compare to Merrillville overall?

Tract 18089042405 scores 3.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Merrillville at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Merrillville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Merrillville

Top eight tracts in Merrillville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.