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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Lake Charles Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 22019001803 · Calcasieu Parish, LA · pop 4,679 · 28% of tract blocks fall in Lake Charles

22019001803 is a census tract in Lake Charles, LA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,679 residents. Against Calcasieu Parish at 43.1%, 86% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 3% Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,768
Renter share18.2%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate2.2%
Median income$129,798

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
15 th percentile
Rank, 15th percentileLowHigh
#23 of 27 tracts In Lake Charles
Very Low
Within county
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#46 of 56 tracts In Calcasieu Parish
Very Low
Within state
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#1,090 of 1,379 tracts In Louisiana
Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lake Charles and the region

Centroid at 30.1022, -93.2797 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lake Charles scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lake Charles
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.2
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
2.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,308 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lake Charles
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lake Charles
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lake Charles
3.0

How Lake Charles compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lake Charles risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0018033.7Lake Charlesparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lake Charles

The dominant input is supply constraint at 10/10. Average gross rent is $2,308, 108% above the Lake Charles average.

The voucher gap is 101.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10.

Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. SNAP participation runs 4.8% against 15.2% nationally.

It sits 1.0 points below the Calcasieu Parish average of 4.0. Housing insecurity runs 6.8% against 14.2% nationally.

That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 22019001803

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22019001803?

Census tract 22019001803 in Lake Charles scores 3/10 (Lower 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 22019001803?

Median gross rent is $2,308/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 86% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 22019001803?

2.2% of residents in tract 22019001803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,679.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 22019001803?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 22th, minority 4th, housing 53th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 22019001803 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.8% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 22019001803 compare to Lake Charles overall?

Tract 22019001803 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Lake Charles at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lake Charles eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lake Charles

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

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