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Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Houma Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 22109000701 · Terrebonne Parish, LA · pop 2,918 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Houma

With a score of 5.4/10, tract 22109000701 in Houma, LA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,918 residents. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 9.5/10.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 44% Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,520
Renter share64.1%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate37.9%
Median income$35,665

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#2 of 12 tracts In Houma
Very High
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 34 tracts In Terrebonne Parish
Very High
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#237 of 1,379 tracts In Louisiana
High
National
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#24,859 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houma and the region

Centroid at 29.5922, -90.7044 · click any tract to drill in

Why Houma scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Houma
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
37.9% poverty · this tract
9.5
Supply constraint
$1,156 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Houma
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Houma
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Houma
7.9

How Houma compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Houma risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0007014.0Houmaparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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 Houma

The poverty rate is 38%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Set annual rent against average income of $35,665 and the ratio lands at 39%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Food insecurity runs 34.6% against 17.8% nationally. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10.

Against the Terrebonne Parish average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.9/10.

Housing insecurity runs 23.6% against 14.2% nationally. Cost burden runs around a third here against 36.9% across Terrebonne Parish.

At $1,156 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Houma commands. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 22109000701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22109000701?

Census tract 22109000701 in Houma scores 5.4/10 (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 22109000701?

Median gross rent is $1,156/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 22109000701?

37.9% of residents in tract 22109000701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,918.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 22109000701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 94th, minority 60th, housing 52th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 22109000701 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.6% 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. 17.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 22109000701 compare to Houma overall?

Tract 22109000701 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Houma at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Houma eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Houma

Top eight tracts in Houma ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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