Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Chesterton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18127050104 · Porter County, IN · pop 5,836 · 42% of tract blocks fall in Chesterton
How risky is Chesterton for landlords? Census tract 18127050104 scores $1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 12% of US census tracts.
21% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,634 a month while the average household earns $97,374 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units2,181
Renter share16.4%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate6.4%
Median income$97,374
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chesterton and the region
Centroid at 41.5633, -87.0552 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chesterton scores 2.1
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
6.4% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,634 rent vs county FMR
8.7
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 Chesterton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.6%Food insecurity
- 4.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 6.5%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 27.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chesterton
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 8.7/10. 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 Chesterton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Porter County average of 4.5 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 29th 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 7.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.7% 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 18127050104
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18127050104?
Census tract 18127050104 in Chesterton scores 2.1/10 (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 18127050104?
Median gross rent is $1,634/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18127050104?
6.4% of residents in tract 18127050104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,836.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18127050104?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 15th, minority 27th, housing 71th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18127050104 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18127050104 compare to Chesterton overall?
Tract 18127050104 scores 2.1/10, lower than the parent city of Chesterton at 2.6/10. 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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