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Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally

Lafayette Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 22055001408 · Lafayette Parish, LA · pop 2,325 · 57% of tract blocks fall in Lafayette

Here is how census tract 22055001408, in Lafayette eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 4.5/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 2,325. That is riskier than roughly 23% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 61% of renter households, a severe level, and 45% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $800 monthly, set against $81,538 in average yearly household income, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 7% Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units994
Renter share16.9%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate15.6%
Median income$81,538

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#23 of 38 tracts In Lafayette
Moderate
Within county
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#36 of 58 tracts In Lafayette Parish
Low
Within state
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#914 of 1,379 tracts In Louisiana
Low
National
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#41,065 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lafayette and the region

Centroid at 30.1678, -91.9332 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lafayette scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
15.6% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$800 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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.
Lafayette risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.04.0This tracttract 001408Lafayette: 3.13.1Lafayetteparent cityCounty: 4.24.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.64.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 23

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lafayette

What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Lafayette eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Lafayette County average of 4.6 and below the Louisiana statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 23rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 22055001408

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22055001408?

Census tract 22055001408 in Lafayette scores 4/10 (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 22055001408?

Median gross rent is $800/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 22055001408?

15.6% of residents in tract 22055001408 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,325.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 22055001408?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 9th, minority 44th, housing 32th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 22055001408 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.3% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 22055001408 compare to Lafayette overall?

Tract 22055001408 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Lafayette at 3.1/10. 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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