Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Melrose Place Eviction Risk: Moderate , Baton Rouge
Tract 22033001103 · East Baton Rouge Parish, LA · pop 3,989 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 22033001103 sits in the Melrose Place area of Baton Rouge eviction risk, LA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. Severe burden reaches 42%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,051
Renter share62.0%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate51.3%
Median income$31,136
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Baton Rouge and the region
Centroid at 30.4606, -91.1338 · click any tract to drill in
Why Melrose Place scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Baton Rouge
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
51.3% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,053 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Baton Rouge
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Baton Rouge
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Baton Rouge
3.5
How Melrose Place compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%Housing & transportation
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.
- 36.4%Housing insecurity
- 30.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 50.1%Food insecurity
- 52.4%SNAP enrollment
- 25.5%Transit barriers
- 13.9%No health insurance
- 24.5%Frequent mental distress
- 49.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Melrose Place
about three-quarters of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the East Baton Rouge Parish average of 50.3%. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.
Food insecurity runs 50.1% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 51%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 30.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Set annual rent against average income of $31,136 and the ratio lands at 41%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Against the East Baton Rouge Parish average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 9.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the LA average is 4.4, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 22033001103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22033001103?
Census tract 22033001103 in the Melrose Place neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 22033001103?
Median gross rent is $1,053/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22033001103?
51.3% of residents in tract 22033001103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,989.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22033001103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 88th, minority 91th, housing 46th.
Q5
Is tract 22033001103 considered part of Melrose Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 22033001103 fall within Melrose Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 22033001103 struggle to pay rent?
About 36.4% 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. 30.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 22033001103 compare to Baton Rouge overall?
Tract 22033001103 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Baton Rouge at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Baton Rouge eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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