Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
Lockport Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 22057021700 · Lafourche Parish, LA · pop 3,948 · 67% of tract blocks fall in Lockport
Census tract 22057021700 belongs to Lockport, Louisiana. It is home to 3,948 residents and scores 5.2/10, a moderate reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #45,416 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 52% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $913 monthly, set against $61,193 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 23% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,391
Renter share23.3%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate17.0%
Median income$61,193
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lockport and the region
Centroid at 29.6343, -90.5413 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lockport scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lockport
2.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.0
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
17.0% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$913 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lockport
9.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lockport
5.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lockport
8.1
How Lockport compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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.
- 16.6%Housing insecurity
- 11.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.8%Food insecurity
- 21.3%SNAP enrollment
- 12.0%Transit barriers
- 10.8%No health insurance
- 22.1%Frequent mental distress
- 45.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lockport
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 9.2/10. 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 Lockport, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Lafourche County average of 4.8 and in line with the Louisiana statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 83rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 16.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.9% 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 22057021700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22057021700?
Census tract 22057021700 in Lockport scores 4.8/10 (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 22057021700?
Median gross rent is $913/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22057021700?
17.0% of residents in tract 22057021700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,948.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22057021700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 97th, minority 21th, housing 80th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22057021700 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.6% 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. 11.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22057021700 compare to Lockport overall?
Tract 22057021700 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Lockport at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lockport; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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