Lake Charles Eviction Risk: Moderate

25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income of $35,114, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10.

The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Food insecurity runs 28.9% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 26.0% against 15.2% nationally.

Against the Calcasieu Parish average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10. At $1,009 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Lake Charles commands.

Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.