Waggaman Eviction Risk: Moderate

The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 9.2/10.

The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Jefferson Parish average of 4.3.

Housing insecurity runs 24.4% against 14.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Average gross rent is $1,342, 11% below the Waggaman average.

Nationally it ranks #22,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the LA average is 4.4, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. 47% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $57,661.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.