Within parent city
84
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Lafayette Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 22055001201 · Lafayette Parish, LA · pop 3,067 · 67% of tract blocks fall in Lafayette
Tract 22055001201 sits in Lafayette eviction risk, LA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. Population here is 3,067. 50% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,189
Renter share57.1%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate46.7%
Median income$20,528
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lafayette and the region
Centroid at 30.2432, -91.9833 · 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
46.7% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$665 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%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.
- 31.8%Housing insecurity
- 27.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 46.7%Food insecurity
- 49.4%SNAP enrollment
- 23.5%Transit barriers
- 13.1%No health insurance
- 22.2%Frequent mental distress
- 51.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lafayette
Against Lafayette Parish at 44.6%, 83% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 47%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Average gross rent is $665, 40% below the Lafayette average. Disability prevalence runs 51.5% against 31.5% nationally. Annualized rent equals 39% of average household income of $20,528, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 27.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.3/10.
It sits 1.1 points above the Lafayette Parish average of 4.0. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.9/10.
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 22055001201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22055001201?
Census tract 22055001201 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 22055001201?
Median gross rent is $665/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 83% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22055001201?
46.7% of residents in tract 22055001201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,067.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22055001201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 97th, minority 87th, housing 99th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22055001201 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.8% 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. 27.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22055001201 compare to Lafayette overall?
Tract 22055001201 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lafayette
Top eight tracts in Lafayette ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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5.1
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22055000800
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22055000900
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22055001100
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22055000100
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22055001302
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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