Within parent city
71
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Sulphur Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 22019003000 · Calcasieu Parish, LA · pop 4,378
22019003000 is a census tract in Sulphur, LA. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,378 residents. Cost burden runs 23% here against 43.1% across Calcasieu Parish.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units2,034
Renter share38.6%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate23.3%
Median income$48,605
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sulphur and the region
Centroid at 30.2263, -93.3638 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sulphur scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sulphur
3.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.2
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
23.3% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$849 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sulphur
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sulphur
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sulphur
6.3
How Sulphur compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%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.
- 14.3%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.5%Food insecurity
- 15.8%SNAP enrollment
- 10.2%Transit barriers
- 9.3%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 39.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sulphur
The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 2.2/10. The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.4/10.
Against the Calcasieu Parish average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Average gross rent is $849, 15% below the Sulphur average. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.4/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $48,605.
39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 22019003000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22019003000?
Census tract 22019003000 in Sulphur 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 average rent in tract 22019003000?
Median gross rent is $849/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22019003000?
23.3% of residents in tract 22019003000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,378.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22019003000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 73th, minority 33th, housing 90th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22019003000 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.3% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22019003000 compare to Sulphur overall?
Tract 22019003000 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Sulphur at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sulphur eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sulphur
Top eight tracts in Sulphur ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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