Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Michigan City Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 18091040500 · LaPorte County, IN · pop 3,435

18091040500 is a census tract in Michigan City, IN. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,435 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 30% Owners 56%

Tract context

Occupied units1,627

Renter share43.9%

SVI overall0.63

Poverty rate8.0%

Median income$73,339

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Michigan City and the region

Centroid at 41.6913, -86.8850 · click any tract to drill in

Why Michigan City scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Michigan City

5.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.6

State political climate

Indiana legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

8.0% poverty · this tract

2.0

Supply constraint

$960 rent vs county FMR

4.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Michigan City

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Michigan City

2.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Michigan City

2.6

How Michigan City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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

49%Socioeconomic
43%Household composition
40%Racial/ethnic minority
88%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.

9.0%Housing insecurity
6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
11.9%Food insecurity
6.5%SNAP enrollment
6.2%Transit barriers
8.0%No health insurance
15.0%Frequent mental distress
36.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Michigan City

Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2/10.

Against LaPorte County at 35.8%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened. SNAP participation runs 6.5% against 15.2% nationally. Against the LaPorte County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.

That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.6/10.

Against average income of $73,339, annual rent is just 16%. Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $960, close to the Michigan City average.

44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 18091040500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18091040500?

Census tract 18091040500 in Michigan City 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.

What is the average rent in tract 18091040500?

Median gross rent is $960/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18091040500?

8.0% of residents in tract 18091040500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,435.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18091040500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 43th, minority 40th, housing 88th.

What share of households in tract 18091040500 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.0% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18091040500 compare to Michigan City overall?

Tract 18091040500 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Michigan City at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Michigan City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Michigan City

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