Within parent city
97
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Lafayette Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 22055001302 · Lafayette Parish, LA · pop 2,488 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Lafayette
Tract 22055001302 sits in Lafayette eviction risk, LA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. Population here is 2,488. 34% 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 27%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,050
Renter share57.2%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate31.2%
Median income$20,893
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
75
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 30.2284, -91.9952 · 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
31.2% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$680 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%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.
- 28.9%Housing insecurity
- 22.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 41.2%Food insecurity
- 39.8%SNAP enrollment
- 19.8%Transit barriers
- 11.9%No health insurance
- 20.2%Frequent mental distress
- 48.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lafayette
SNAP participation runs 39.8% against 15.2% nationally. At $680 a month, rents run 38% under what the rest of Lafayette commands. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $20,893 and the ratio lands at 39%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Disability prevalence runs 48.0% against 31.5% nationally. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.5/10.
The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 7.8/10.
It sits 1.1 points above the Lafayette Parish average of 4.0. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.7/10.
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 22055001302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22055001302?
Census tract 22055001302 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 22055001302?
Median gross rent is $680/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22055001302?
31.2% of residents in tract 22055001302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,488.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22055001302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 32th, minority 94th, housing 81th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22055001302 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.9% 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. 22.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22055001302 compare to Lafayette overall?
Tract 22055001302 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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