New Iberia Eviction Risk: Moderate

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10.

SNAP participation runs 27.5% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.6/10. At $1,027 a month, rents run 15% over what the rest of New Iberia commands.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $96,250, annual rent is just 13%.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Iberia Parish average of 4.4 closely.

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