Michigan City Eviction Risk: Moderate

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Cost burden runs roughly one in two here against 35.8% across LaPorte County. The poverty rate is 28%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10.

Food insecurity runs 27.1% against 17.8% nationally. Against the LaPorte County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

At $863 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Michigan City commands. Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $42,890. 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.