2 census tracts · pop 12,587 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.5/10
· range 3.9–5.1
Garyton spans 2 census tracts of Portage, IN and houses 12,587 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4.5/10, Moderate tier. 47% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, clearly above the Portage rate of 31.6%.
The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.6/10. The severe-burden share is 18%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
On the high side is rent-regulation exposure at 7.7/10. The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.9 to 5.1, a 1.2-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. Filings are well documented here: 139 across 2 observed tracts.
Running cool is economic stress, at 2.7/10. The worst year on record was 2014, when filings touched 7.2% of renter households.
The voucher gap is 11.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. The most recent observed rate, 3.5% in 2015, is well off that peak.
Average gross rent is $1,330, 8% above the Portage average of $1,231. Among the 4 mapped neighborhoods of Portage, it ranks #2 by risk, the middle third.
For a like-for-like read, Crocker and Willow Creek score within a fraction of it. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $65,644.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.2 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Garyton vs PortageHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority55%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport25%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Garyton
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
139Total filings (sum)
4.54%Avg annual filing rate
7.2%Peak year (2014)
3.46%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Garyton
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
14.1%Housing insecurity
10.0%Utility shutoff threat
18.1%Food insecurity
10.4%SNAP enrollment
11.1%No health insurance
33.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Garyton
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Garyton?
Garyton scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Garyton compare to Portage overall?
Garyton scores 0.7 points higher than Portage overall (3.8/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,330 vs $1,231.
Q3
What is the average rent in Garyton?
Average gross rent in Garyton is $1,330/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Garyton residents are renters?
39% of Garyton households are renter-occupied (vs 27% in Portage). The neighborhood has 12,587 residents.
Q5
Is Garyton a high social-vulnerability area?
Garyton sits in the 47th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Garyton have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Garyton is census tract 18127050508 (score 5.1/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.9 to 5.1, a spread of 1.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Garyton for landlords?
Garyton carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.5/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Portage as a whole (3.8/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Garyton?
Garyton has 12,831 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (63.1%), Hispanic / Latino (22.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (9.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
