Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Kingsford Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18091042700 · LaPorte County, IN · pop 4,903 · 15% of tract blocks fall in Kingsford Heights
Census tract 18091042700 covers part of Kingsford Heights, IN, and scores 3.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,903. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.2/10.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,977
Renter share16.4%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate14.1%
Median income$66,779
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kingsford Heights and the region
Centroid at 41.4930, -86.6826 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kingsford Heights scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kingsford Heights
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
14.1% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$913 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kingsford Heights
2.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kingsford Heights
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kingsford Heights
5.1
How Kingsford Heights 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.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.5%Food insecurity
- 9.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 36.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kingsford Heights
Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10.
That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 16% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.4/10.
Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $66,779, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 38% of renters. It tracks the LaPorte County average of 3.7 closely. Average gross rent is $913, close to the Kingsford Heights average.
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 18091042700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18091042700?
Census tract 18091042700 in Kingsford Heights 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 18091042700?
Median gross rent is $913/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18091042700?
14.1% of residents in tract 18091042700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,903.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18091042700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 62th, minority 25th, housing 17th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18091042700 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18091042700 compare to Kingsford Heights overall?
Tract 18091042700 scores 3.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Kingsford Heights at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kingsford Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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