Census Tract · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally

West Lafayette Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 18157010206 · Tippecanoe County, IN · pop 6,790 · 11% of tract blocks fall in West Lafayette

Census tract 18157010206 belongs to West Lafayette, Indiana. It is home to 6,790 residents and scores 6.6/10, an elevated reading for landlords. It lands near the 89th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 56% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,164 monthly, set against $40,143 in average yearly household income, roughly 35% of income at the averages. Renters make up 58% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.9

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 25% Owners 42%

Tract context

Occupied units3,032

Renter share57.9%

SVI overall0.55

Poverty rate37.2%

Median income$40,143

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across West Lafayette and the region

Centroid at 40.4812, -86.9593 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Lafayette scores 5.9

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

37.2% poverty · this tract

9.3

Supply constraint

$1,164 rent vs county FMR

5.0

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 West Lafayette compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 55

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

67%Socioeconomic
8%Household composition
55%Racial/ethnic minority
72%Housing & transportation

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.

11.8%Housing insecurity
9.4%Utility-shutoff threat
16.7%Food insecurity
9.9%SNAP enrollment
9.5%Transit barriers
8.2%No health insurance
18.3%Frequent mental distress
27.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in West Lafayette

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. 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 West 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 55th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.4% 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 18157010206

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18157010206?

Census tract 18157010206 in West Lafayette scores 5.9/10 (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 18157010206?

Median gross rent is $1,164/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18157010206?

37.2% of residents in tract 18157010206 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,790.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18157010206?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 8th, minority 55th, housing 72th.

What share of households in tract 18157010206 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.8% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18157010206 compare to West Lafayette overall?

Tract 18157010206 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of West Lafayette at 2.5/10. 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

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