Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Wanatah Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 18091042900 · LaPorte County, IN · pop 4,103 · 14% of tract blocks fall in Wanatah
Tract 18091042900 sits in Wanatah, IN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. Population here is 4,103. 42% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,662
Renter share16.1%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate26.5%
Median income$55,549
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
80
th percentile
High
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wanatah and the region
Centroid at 41.3492, -86.8388 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wanatah scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wanatah
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
26.5% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$1,013 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wanatah
9.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wanatah
3.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wanatah
8.2
How Wanatah compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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.
- 13.1%Housing insecurity
- 10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.0%Food insecurity
- 13.0%SNAP enrollment
- 9.3%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 40.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wanatah
The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.1/10. Cost burden runs 46% here against 35.8% across LaPorte County.
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.2/10. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. It sits 1.0 points above the LaPorte County average of 3.7. On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 16% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,013, close to the Wanatah average.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $55,549.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18091042900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18091042900?
Census tract 18091042900 in Wanatah scores 4.7/10 (Moderate 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 18091042900?
Median gross rent is $1,013/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18091042900?
26.5% of residents in tract 18091042900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,103.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18091042900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 69th, minority 19th, housing 15th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18091042900 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.1% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18091042900 compare to Wanatah overall?
Tract 18091042900 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Wanatah at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wanatah; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wanatah
Top eight tracts in Wanatah ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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