1 census tracts · pop 4,477 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Wildwood is a one-tract neighborhood of Munster, IN and houses 4,477 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, Lower tier. Cost burden runs 4% against 29.7% citywide, putting Wildwood 25.5% under its own city.
At $3,501 a month, rents sit 132% over what the rest of Munster commands. The dominant input is supply constraint at 10/10. The voucher gap is 192.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.
Running cool is economic stress, at 1/10. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.9/10. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 6.2% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
Food insecurity affects 8.4% of adults, 9.4 points below the national rate. Among the 5 mapped neighborhoods of Munster, it ranks #2 by risk, the middle third. Only 11% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $167,647.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 3/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Wildwood vs MunsterHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority42%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport31%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Wildwood
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
6.2%Housing insecurity
4.6%Utility shutoff threat
8.4%Food insecurity
3.6%SNAP enrollment
4.9%No health insurance
22.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Wildwood
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Wildwood?
Wildwood scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Wildwood compare to Munster overall?
Wildwood scores 0.3 points lower than Munster overall (3.3/10). Renters spend 4% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $3,501 vs $1,507.
Q3
What is the average rent in Wildwood?
Average gross rent in Wildwood is $3,501/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 4% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Wildwood residents are renters?
11% of Wildwood households are renter-occupied (vs 13% in Munster). The neighborhood has 4,477 residents.
Q5
Is Wildwood a high social-vulnerability area?
Wildwood sits in the 10th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Wildwood for landlords?
Wildwood carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Munster as a whole (3.3/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Wildwood?
Wildwood has 4,370 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (67.4%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (14%), Hispanic / Latino (9.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
