Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
South Haven Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18127050503 · Porter County, IN · pop 4,843
18127050503 is a census tract in South Haven, IN. It scores 3.6/10 for landlords. The clearest offset is state political climate at 2/10.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,791
Renter share31.0%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$77,224
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Haven and the region
Centroid at 41.5430, -87.1338 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Haven scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from South Haven
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.7
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,254 rent vs county FMR
5.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Haven
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Haven
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Haven
5.6
How South Haven compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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)
- 33Total filings over 2 yrs
- 3.51%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2014)
- 11Filings 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.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.5%Food insecurity
- 9.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 10.2%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 32.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Haven
19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 33 evictions over 2 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2014, when 4.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 3.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 33% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 4.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 38% of renters. It tracks the Porter County average of 3.8 closely. Average gross rent is $1,254, close to the South Haven average.
Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $77,224. 31% 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 18127050503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18127050503?
Census tract 18127050503 in South Haven scores 3.6/10 (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 18127050503?
Median gross rent is $1,254/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18127050503?
9.2% of residents in tract 18127050503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,843.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18127050503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 61th, minority 31th, housing 26th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18127050503?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 33 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18127050503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.51% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 18127050503 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 18127050503 compare to South Haven overall?
Tract 18127050503 scores 3.6/10, right in line with the parent city of South Haven at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South Haven; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in South Haven
Top eight tracts in South Haven ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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