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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Wildwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Munster

Tract 18089040402 · Lake County, IN · pop 4,477 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 18089040402 covers part of the Wildwood area of Munster, IN, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,477. Against Lake County at 43.0%, 4% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 11% Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,700
Renter share11.1%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$167,647

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Wildwood
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In Munster
Moderate
Within county
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#121 of 131 tracts In Lake County
Very Low
Within state
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#1,115 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Munster and the region

Centroid at 41.5320, -87.4970 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wildwood scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Munster
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Munster
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Munster
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Munster
4.7

How Wildwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wildwood risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0404023.3Munsterparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wildwood

The dominant input is supply constraint at 10/10. Average gross rent is $3,501, 132% above the Munster average. The voucher gap is 192.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. Against the Lake County average of 4.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.

SNAP participation runs 3.6% against 15.2% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 6.2% against 14.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 1.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 18089040402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089040402?

Census tract 18089040402 in the Wildwood neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 18089040402?

Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 4% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18089040402?

3.1% of residents in tract 18089040402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,477.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18089040402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 12th, minority 42th, housing 30th.
Q5

Is tract 18089040402 considered part of Wildwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18089040402 fall within Wildwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 18089040402 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.2% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 18089040402 compare to Munster overall?

Tract 18089040402 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Munster at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Munster eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Munster

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

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