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

Houma Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 22109000702 · Terrebonne Parish, LA · pop 2,350 · 79% of tract blocks fall in Houma

Census tract 22109000702 covers part of Houma, LA, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,350. 90% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Terrebonne Parish average of 36.9%.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 2% Owners 80%

Tract context

Occupied units834

Renter share19.5%

SVI overall0.74

Poverty rate52.0%

Median income$30,179

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Houma and the region

Centroid at 29.5753, -90.6679 · 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

52.0% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$524 rent vs county FMR

1.0

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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

93%Socioeconomic
89%Household composition
80%Racial/ethnic minority
11%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.

36.2%Housing insecurity
30.1%Utility-shutoff threat
53.9%Food insecurity
55.1%SNAP enrollment
26.2%Transit barriers
16.7%No health insurance
25.3%Frequent mental distress
54.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Houma

The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. At $524 a month, rents run 50% under what the rest of Houma commands. The poverty rate is 52%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Disability prevalence runs 54.4% against 31.5% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 36.2% against 14.2% nationally.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10.

It sits 1.4 points above the Terrebonne Parish average of 4.0. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 20% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.7/10.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 22109000702

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22109000702?

Census tract 22109000702 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.

What is the average rent in tract 22109000702?

Median gross rent is $524/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 90% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 22109000702?

52.0% of residents in tract 22109000702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,350.

How socially vulnerable is tract 22109000702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 89th, minority 80th, housing 11th.

What share of households in tract 22109000702 struggle to pay rent?

About 36.2% 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. 30.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 22109000702 compare to Houma overall?

Tract 22109000702 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.