Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Portage Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18127050506 · Porter County, IN · pop 6,803
Census tract 18127050506 covers part of Portage, IN, and scores 3.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. 72% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Porter County average of 38.1%.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,359
Renter share28.3%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$73,984
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portage and the region
Centroid at 41.5659, -87.1736 · click any tract to drill in
Why Portage scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Portage
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.7
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,036 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Portage
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Portage
6.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Portage
6.7
How Portage compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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)
- 38Total filings over 2 yrs
- 3.41%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2014)
- 19Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
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.
- 13.8%Housing insecurity
- 9.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.9%Food insecurity
- 10.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 11.1%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 32.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Portage
The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.6/10. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.7/10.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. Average gross rent is $1,036, 16% below the Portage average.
The filing record is not thin: 38 evictions over 2 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2014 at 3.4% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 5.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $73,984, annual rent is just 17%. It tracks the Porter County average of 3.8 closely.
28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 18127050506
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18127050506?
Census tract 18127050506 in Portage scores 3.9/10 (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 18127050506?
Median gross rent is $1,036/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18127050506?
6.9% of residents in tract 18127050506 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,803.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18127050506?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 33th, minority 43th, housing 41th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18127050506?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 38 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18127050506 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.41% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 18127050506 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.8% 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. 9.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 18127050506 compare to Portage overall?
Tract 18127050506 scores 3.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Portage at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Portage eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Portage
Top eight tracts in Portage ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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3.7
/ 10 · Low
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