Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

Duneland Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Gary

Tract 18089010206 · Lake County, IN · pop 2,280 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 18089010206 covers part of the Duneland Village area of Gary, IN, and scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,280 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.

Risk score

5.5

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 43% Stable renters 35% Owners 22%

Tract context

Occupied units1,160

Renter share77.9%

SVI overall0.87

Poverty rate15.1%

Median income$41,764

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gary and the region

Centroid at 41.6108, -87.2761 · click any tract to drill in

Why Duneland Village scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Gary

6.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.8

State political climate

Indiana legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

15.1% poverty · this tract

3.8

Supply constraint

$940 rent vs county FMR

2.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Gary

8.2

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Gary

9.3

Housing court bias

Inherited from Gary

8.7

How Duneland Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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

78%Socioeconomic
75%Household composition
89%Racial/ethnic minority
85%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
18%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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.

27.0%Housing insecurity
24.1%Utility-shutoff threat
38.2%Food insecurity
31.3%SNAP enrollment
18.2%Transit barriers
11.5%No health insurance
21.2%Frequent mental distress
39.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Duneland Village

Food insecurity runs 38.2% against 17.8% nationally. Against Lake County at 43.0%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened.

This is renter territory: 78% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.7/10.

The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10. Housing insecurity runs 27.0% against 14.2% nationally.

Against the Lake County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Lake Co. Gary. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.8/10. Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18089010206

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089010206?

Census tract 18089010206 in the Duneland Village neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 18089010206?

Median gross rent is $940/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18089010206?

15.1% of residents in tract 18089010206 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,280.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18089010206?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 75th, minority 89th, housing 85th.

Is tract 18089010206 considered part of Duneland Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18089010206 fall within Duneland Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18089010206 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.0% 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. 24.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18089010206 compare to Gary overall?

Tract 18089010206 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Gary at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gary eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 18089010206 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

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