Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Trail Creek Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18091040600 · LaPorte County, IN · pop 4,452 · 47% of tract blocks fall in Trail Creek
Tract 18091040600 sits in Trail Creek, IN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.5/10. It is home to 4,452 residents. Against LaPorte County at 35.8%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units2,030
Renter share36.8%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate12.5%
Median income$48,646
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Trail Creek and the region
Centroid at 41.6965, -86.8557 · click any tract to drill in
Why Trail Creek scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Trail Creek
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
12.5% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$968 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Trail Creek
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Trail Creek
3.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Trail Creek
5.6
How Trail Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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.
- 13.8%Housing insecurity
- 10.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.8%Food insecurity
- 11.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 36.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Trail Creek
The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 1.7/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10.
Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 3.1/10. On the national scale it lands near the 31st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.9/10.
It tracks the LaPorte County average of 3.7 closely. Average gross rent is $968, close to the Trail Creek average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $48,646.
37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18091040600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18091040600?
Census tract 18091040600 in Trail Creek scores 3.5/10 (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 18091040600?
Median gross rent is $968/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18091040600?
12.5% of residents in tract 18091040600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,452.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18091040600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 69th, minority 52th, housing 31th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18091040600 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.8% 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. 10.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18091040600 compare to Trail Creek overall?
Tract 18091040600 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Trail Creek at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Trail Creek; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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