Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Lafayette Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 22055000603 · Lafayette Parish, LA · pop 2,377 · 87% of tract blocks fall in Lafayette
Census tract 22055000603 covers part of Lafayette, LA, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,377 residents. Severe burden reaches 43%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units954
Renter share31.1%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate43.1%
Median income$41,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lafayette and the region
Centroid at 30.2218, -92.0669 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lafayette scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lafayette
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
43.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,070 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lafayette
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lafayette
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lafayette
3.0
How Lafayette compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%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.
- 21.1%Housing insecurity
- 16.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.5%Food insecurity
- 30.0%SNAP enrollment
- 16.4%Transit barriers
- 12.2%No health insurance
- 21.5%Frequent mental distress
- 45.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lafayette
Against Lafayette Parish at 44.6%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.
The poverty rate is 43%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
Disability prevalence runs 45.7% against 31.5% nationally. Food insecurity runs 31.5% against 17.8% nationally. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
Against the Lafayette Parish average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 9.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,070, close to the Lafayette average.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 22055000603
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22055000603?
Census tract 22055000603 in Lafayette 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 22055000603?
Median gross rent is $1,070/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22055000603?
43.1% of residents in tract 22055000603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,377.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22055000603?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 90th, minority 63th, housing 93th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22055000603 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.1% 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. 16.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22055000603 compare to Lafayette overall?
Tract 22055000603 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Lafayette at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lafayette eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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