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Happy Hollow Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lafayette

Tract 18157000100 · Tippecanoe County, IN · pop 2,859 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

How risky is the Happy Hollow Heights area of Lafayette for landlords? Census tract 18157000100 scores 5.8/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 68% of US census tracts.

49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $997 a month against an average household income of $43,511 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 56% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 29% Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,064
Renter share56.4%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate26.7%
Median income$43,511

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Happy Hollow Heights
Very High
Within parent city
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 24 tracts In Lafayette
High
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 43 tracts In Tippecanoe County
Elevated
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#163 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lafayette and the region

Centroid at 40.4430, -86.8893 · click any tract to drill in

Why Happy Hollow Heights scores 5.4

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
26.7% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$997 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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 Happy Hollow Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Happy Hollow Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.45.4This tracttract 000100Lafayette: 2.42.4Lafayetteparent cityCounty: 4.24.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 72

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Happy Hollow Heights. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Happy Hollow Heights

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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 18.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 72nd 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.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 18157000100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18157000100?

Census tract 18157000100 in the Happy Hollow Heights neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 18157000100?

Median gross rent is $997/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18157000100?

26.7% of residents in tract 18157000100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,859.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18157000100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 46th, minority 33th, housing 84th.
Q5

Is tract 18157000100 considered part of Happy Hollow Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18157000100 fall within Happy Hollow Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 18157000100 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. 14.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 18157000100 compare to Lafayette overall?

Tract 18157000100 scores 5.4/10, 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

Highest-risk tracts in Lafayette

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

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