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Census Tract · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally

Westville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 18091042602 · LaPorte County, IN · pop 3,640 · 81% of tract blocks fall in Westville

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 18091042602 (Westville, Indiana) comes in at 4.3/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 18th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 0% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Renters make up 100% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 100% Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units16
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate75.0%

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Westville
Very High
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 30 tracts In LaPorte County
High
Within state
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#217 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
High
National
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#22,213 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Westville and the region

Centroid at 41.5287, -86.9114 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westville scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Westville
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
75.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westville
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westville
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westville
4.6

How Westville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Westville risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.25.2This tracttract 042602Westville: 2.62.6Westvilleparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westville

What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. 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 Westville, 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 White and Black and ranks around the 32nd 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 37.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 34.3% 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.

Frequently asked

About tract 18091042602

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18091042602?

Census tract 18091042602 in Westville scores 5.2/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 18091042602?

75.0% of residents in tract 18091042602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,640.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 18091042602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 8th, minority 61th, housing 38th.
Q4

What share of households in tract 18091042602 struggle to pay rent?

About 37.3% 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. 34.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5

How does tract 18091042602 compare to Westville overall?

Tract 18091042602 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Westville at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Westville

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

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