Neighborhood · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally

Elston Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lafayette

Tract 18157001501 · Tippecanoe County, IN · pop 5,375 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

In the Elston area of Lafayette, census tract 18157001501 scores $1/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 75th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 59% of renter households, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,088 a month against an average household income of $42,570 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 71% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.7

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 42% Stable renters 29% Owners 29%

Tract context

Occupied units2,833

Renter share71.2%

SVI overall0.76

Poverty rate32.2%

Median income$42,570

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lafayette and the region

Centroid at 40.3802, -86.9151 · click any tract to drill in

Why Elston scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Lafayette

5.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.0

State political climate

Indiana legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

32.2% poverty · this tract

8.0

Supply constraint

$1,088 rent vs county FMR

4.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Lafayette

6.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Lafayette

9.3

Housing court bias

Inherited from Lafayette

7.0

How Elston compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

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

81%Socioeconomic
66%Household composition
48%Racial/ethnic minority
68%Housing & transportation

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.

16.4%Housing insecurity
13.0%Utility-shutoff threat
21.7%Food insecurity
15.3%SNAP enrollment
11.7%Transit barriers
10.9%No health insurance
20.8%Frequent mental distress
32.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Elston

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.3/10. 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 Lafayette eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Tippecanoe County average of 5.4 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 76th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 16.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 18157001501

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18157001501?

Census tract 18157001501 in the Elston neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (Moderate 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 18157001501?

Median gross rent is $1,088/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18157001501?

32.2% of residents in tract 18157001501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,375.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18157001501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 66th, minority 48th, housing 68th.

Is tract 18157001501 considered part of Elston?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18157001501 fall within Elston (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18157001501 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.4% 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. 13.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18157001501 compare to Lafayette overall?

Tract 18157001501 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Lafayette at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lafayette eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

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