Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Lafayette Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 22055000605 · Lafayette Parish, LA · pop 2,440
Census tract 22055000605 covers part of Lafayette, LA, and scores 3.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 45%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units1,330
Renter share74.7%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$49,922
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lafayette and the region
Centroid at 30.2147, -92.0548 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lafayette scores 3.6
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
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,011 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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.
- 11.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.5%Food insecurity
- 9.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 6.1%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 28.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lafayette
75% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.3/10. Cost burden runs 40% here against 44.6% across Lafayette Parish.
At $1,011 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Lafayette commands. That is riskier than roughly 33% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the LA average is 4.4, so this tract runs 0.8 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Lafayette Parish average of 4.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $49,922.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 22055000605
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22055000605?
Census tract 22055000605 in Lafayette scores 3.6/10 (Lower 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 22055000605?
Median gross rent is $1,011/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22055000605?
9.3% of residents in tract 22055000605 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,440.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22055000605?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 21th, minority 72th, housing 61th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22055000605 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.9% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22055000605 compare to Lafayette overall?
Tract 22055000605 scores 3.6/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lafayette
Top eight tracts in Lafayette ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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22055000100
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22055001302
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22055000200
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22055001802
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22055000603
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22055000700
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22055000800
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22055000900
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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