Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Portage Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18127050507 · Porter County, IN · pop 3,902 · 62% of tract blocks fall in Portage
Census tract 18127050507 covers Portage, home to 3,902 residents. For landlords it grades 5.4/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than about 54% of US census tracts.
About 45% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,102 a month against an average household income of $66,927 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 44% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,608
Renter share44.0%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate22.7%
Median income$66,927
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portage and the region
Centroid at 41.5617, -87.1444 · click any tract to drill in
Why Portage scores 3.8
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
22.7% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$1,102 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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)
- 45Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2014)
- 15Filings 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.
- 18.3%Housing insecurity
- 13.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.9%Food insecurity
- 15.7%SNAP enrollment
- 11.7%Transit barriers
- 12.0%No health insurance
- 20.5%Frequent mental distress
- 34.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Portage
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 7.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Portage eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Porter County average of 4.5 and above the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 51st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 45 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 2.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.8% of renter households in 2014.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18127050507
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18127050507?
Census tract 18127050507 in Portage scores 3.8/10 (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 18127050507?
Median gross rent is $1,102/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18127050507?
22.7% of residents in tract 18127050507 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,902.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18127050507?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 41th, minority 61th, housing 52th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18127050507?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 45 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18127050507 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.88% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 18127050507 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.3% 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. 13.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 18127050507 compare to Portage overall?
Tract 18127050507 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Portage at 2.6/10. 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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