Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Starks Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 22019003602 · Calcasieu Parish, LA · pop 927 · 29% of tract blocks fall in Starks
Tract 22019003602 sits in Starks, LA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6/10. Population here is 927. 10% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Calcasieu Parish average of 43.1%.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units330
Renter share27.3%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate38.4%
Median income$36,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
90
th percentile
Very High
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Starks and the region
Centroid at 30.3536, -93.6537 · click any tract to drill in
Why Starks scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
38.4% poverty · this tract
9.6
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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.
- 16.3%Housing insecurity
- 13.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.3%Food insecurity
- 27.4%SNAP enrollment
- 13.2%Transit barriers
- 10.3%No health insurance
- 21.3%Frequent mental distress
- 49.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Starks
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. On the high side, economic stress reads 9.6/10.
The poverty rate is 38%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 2.0 points above the Calcasieu Parish average of 4.0. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10.
SNAP participation runs 27.4% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 27.3% against 17.8% nationally.
On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.5/10.
Statewide the LA average is 4.4, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter. 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 22019003602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22019003602?
Census tract 22019003602 in Starks scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 22019003602?
38.4% of residents in tract 22019003602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 927.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 22019003602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 45th, minority 44th, housing 35th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 22019003602 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.3% 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. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 22019003602 compare to Starks overall?
Tract 22019003602 scores 6/10, 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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