Neighborhood · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally

Discovery Park District Eviction Risk: Elevated , West Lafayette

Tract 18157010500 · Tippecanoe County, IN · pop 1,512 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Tract 18157010500 sits in the Discovery Park District area of West Lafayette eviction risk, IN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.9/10. Population here is 1,512. The severe-burden share is 91%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

6.9

Elevated

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 91% Stable renters 9% Owners 0%

Tract context

Occupied units187

Renter share100.0%

SVI overall0.34

Poverty rate80.0%

Median income$11,775

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across West Lafayette and the region

Centroid at 40.4208, -86.9263 · click any tract to drill in

Why Discovery Park District scores 6.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from West Lafayette

5.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.0

State political climate

Indiana legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

80.0% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$1,544 rent vs county FMR

8.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from West Lafayette

9.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from West Lafayette

9.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from West Lafayette

9.5

How Discovery Park District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 34

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

80%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
59%Racial/ethnic minority
37%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Discovery Park District. 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.

29.9%Housing insecurity
26.7%Utility-shutoff threat
51.5%Food insecurity
43.1%SNAP enrollment
31.1%Transit barriers
18.1%No health insurance
30.8%Frequent mental distress
45.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Discovery Park District

Cost burden runs 91% here against 49.7% across Tippecanoe County. Set annual rent against average income of $11,775 and the ratio lands at 157%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.

Food insecurity runs 51.5% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 80%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.8/10. It sits 2.4 points above the Tippecanoe County average of 4.5. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.6/10.

The voucher gap is 33.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. At $1,544 a month, rents run 26% over what the rest of West Lafayette commands.

Disability prevalence runs 45.9% against 31.5% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 18157010500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18157010500?

Census tract 18157010500 in the Discovery Park District neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 18157010500?

Median gross rent is $1,544/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 91% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18157010500?

80.0% of residents in tract 18157010500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,512.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18157010500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 1th, minority 59th, housing 37th.

Is tract 18157010500 considered part of Discovery Park District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18157010500 fall within Discovery Park District (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18157010500 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.9% 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. 26.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18157010500 compare to West Lafayette overall?

Tract 18157010500 scores 6.9/10, higher than the parent city of West Lafayette at 5.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Lafayette eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in West Lafayette

Top eight tracts in West Lafayette ranked by composite eviction-risk score.