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Oakland Triangle Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lafayette

Tract 18157000700 · Tippecanoe County, IN · pop 3,482 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

For landlords sizing up the Oakland Triangle neighborhood of Lafayette, census tract 18157000700 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. It lands near the 61st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 41% of renter households, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $895 monthly, set against $46,737 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 75% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.6

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 44% Owners 25%

Tract context

Occupied units1,450

Renter share75.1%

SVI overall0.82

Poverty rate29.9%

Median income$46,737

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lafayette and the region

Centroid at 40.4204, -86.8718 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oakland Triangle scores 5.6

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

29.9% poverty · this tract

7.5

Supply constraint

$895 rent vs county FMR

2.7

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 Oakland Triangle compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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

89%Socioeconomic
27%Household composition
50%Racial/ethnic minority
91%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.

15.8%Housing insecurity
12.8%Utility-shutoff threat
22.1%Food insecurity
15.7%SNAP enrollment
11.5%Transit barriers
11.9%No health insurance
19.4%Frequent mental distress
36.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Oakland Triangle

The heaviest input here 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 about the same as 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 82nd 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 15.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18157000700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18157000700?

Census tract 18157000700 in the Oakland Triangle neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 18157000700?

Median gross rent is $895/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18157000700?

29.9% of residents in tract 18157000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,482.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18157000700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 27th, minority 50th, housing 91th.

Is tract 18157000700 considered part of Oakland Triangle?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18157000700 fall within Oakland Triangle (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18157000700 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.8% 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. 12.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18157000700 compare to Lafayette overall?

Tract 18157000700 scores 5.6/10, 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.