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Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Starks Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 22019003601 · Calcasieu Parish, LA · pop 3,012 · 6% of tract blocks fall in Starks

Census tract 22019003601 covers part of Starks, LA, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 3% Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,133
Renter share5.1%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate16.5%
Median income$51,551

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Starks
Very Low
Within county
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 56 tracts In Calcasieu Parish
High
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#382 of 1,379 tracts In Louisiana
Elevated
National
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#31,049 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Starks and the region

Centroid at 30.2509, -93.6111 · click any tract to drill in

Why Starks scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Starks
3.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.2
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
16.5% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Starks
3.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Starks
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Starks
6.1

How Starks compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Starks risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 0036014.6Starksparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 49

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 Starks

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. 33% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Calcasieu Parish average of 43.1%. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Calcasieu Parish average of 4.0.

Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 5% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.4/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 22019003601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22019003601?

Census tract 22019003601 in Starks scores 5.1/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 22019003601?

16.5% of residents in tract 22019003601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,012.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 22019003601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 20th, minority 6th, housing 54th.
Q4

What share of households in tract 22019003601 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.5% 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5

How does tract 22019003601 compare to Starks overall?

Tract 22019003601 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Starks at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Starks; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Starks

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

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