Michigan City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18091041600 · LaPorte County, IN · pop 6,791 · 0% of tract blocks fall in Michigan City
Census tract 18091041600 covers Michigan City, home to 6,791 residents. For landlords it grades 4.3/10, a moderate reading. It lands near the 18th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 56% of renter households, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,309 a month while the average household earns $93,350 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 9% of occupied homes.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Michigan City and the region
Centroid at 41.7044, -86.7779 · click any tract to drill in
Why Michigan City scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Michigan City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%Housing & transportation
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.3%Food insecurity
- 5.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 31.7%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Michigan City
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 7.6/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Michigan City eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the LaPorte County average of 4.4 and below the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
About tract 18091041600
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Highest-risk tracts in Michigan City
Top eight tracts in Michigan City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.