Within parent city
69
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
New Iberia Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 22045030500 · Iberia Parish, LA · pop 3,962 · 87% of tract blocks fall in New Iberia
How risky is New Iberia for landlords? Census tract 22045030500 scores 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 65% of US census tracts.
40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,079 monthly, set against $45,679 in average yearly household income, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,806
Renter share50.3%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate30.3%
Median income$45,679
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Iberia and the region
Centroid at 30.0280, -91.8218 · click any tract to drill in
Why New Iberia scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from New Iberia
3.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
30.3% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$1,079 rent vs county FMR
6.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from New Iberia
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New Iberia
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from New Iberia
7.6
How New Iberia compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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.
- 20.7%Housing insecurity
- 16.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.2%Food insecurity
- 30.3%SNAP enrollment
- 15.4%Transit barriers
- 11.5%No health insurance
- 21.3%Frequent mental distress
- 46.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in New Iberia
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from New Iberia eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Iberia County average of 5.0 and above the Louisiana statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 86th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 20.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 22045030500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22045030500?
Census tract 22045030500 in New Iberia scores 5.9/10 (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 22045030500?
Median gross rent is $1,079/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22045030500?
30.3% of residents in tract 22045030500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,962.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22045030500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 98th, minority 56th, housing 58th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22045030500 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.7% 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. 16.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22045030500 compare to New Iberia overall?
Tract 22045030500 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of New Iberia at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New Iberia eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in New Iberia
Top eight tracts in New Iberia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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22045030900
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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22045031000
6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · LA
22045030402
6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · LA
22045030800
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · LA
22045031200
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · LA
22045030301
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22045031302
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22045031101
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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