Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Tamarack Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chesterton
Tract 18127050202 · Porter County, IN · pop 5,873 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Census tract 18127050202 covers part of the Tamarack area of Chesterton, IN, and scores 4/10 on landlord eviction risk. The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.7/10.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units2,445
Renter share32.6%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate10.6%
Median income$71,467
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chesterton and the region
Centroid at 41.6019, -87.0717 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tamarack scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Chesterton
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.7
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
10.6% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,131 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chesterton
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chesterton
6.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chesterton
4.8
How Tamarack compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 34Total filings over 2 yrs
- 1.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.1%Peak (2014)
- 16Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.4%Food insecurity
- 6.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 29.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tamarack
Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. 10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.7/10.
Against Porter County at 38.1%, 43% of renters here are cost-burdened. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 34 filings here across 2 tracked years. SNAP participation runs 6.9% against 15.2% nationally.
Average gross rent is $1,131, 11% below the Chesterton average. Filings peaked in 2014 at 2.1% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 42nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.2/10. It tracks the Porter County average of 3.8 closely.
Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $71,467.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18127050202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18127050202?
Census tract 18127050202 in the Tamarack neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 18127050202?
Median gross rent is $1,131/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18127050202?
10.6% of residents in tract 18127050202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,873.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18127050202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 32th, minority 39th, housing 34th.
Q5
Is tract 18127050202 considered part of Tamarack?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18127050202 fall within Tamarack (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18127050202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 34 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18127050202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.95% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18127050202 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18127050202 compare to Chesterton overall?
Tract 18127050202 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Chesterton at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chesterton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Chesterton
Top eight tracts in Chesterton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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