Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

Marshalltown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Gary

Tract 18089011600 · Lake County, IN · pop 2,103 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

18089011600 is a census tract in the Marshalltown area of Gary, IN. It scores 6/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,103. Food insecurity runs 50.0% against 17.8% nationally.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 26% Owners 44%

Tract context

Occupied units684

Renter share56.4%

SVI overall0.72

Poverty rate29.0%

Median income$27,407

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gary and the region

Centroid at 41.5846, -87.3257 · click any tract to drill in

Why Marshalltown scores 6

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

29.0% poverty · this tract

7.2

Supply constraint

$859 rent vs county FMR

2.2

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 Marshalltown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 72

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

87%Socioeconomic
57%Household composition
99%Racial/ethnic minority
27%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
5%Grade C
58%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Marshalltown. 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.

33.6%Housing insecurity
32.3%Utility-shutoff threat
50.0%Food insecurity
46.2%SNAP enrollment
23.7%Transit barriers
13.2%No health insurance
21.8%Frequent mental distress
45.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Marshalltown

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. Set annual rent against average income of $27,407 and the ratio lands at 38%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.7/10. 54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Lake County average of 43.0%.

The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Lake County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points.

Disability prevalence runs 45.7% against 31.5% nationally. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10.

Average gross rent is $859, 15% below the Gary average. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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. On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.5/10.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 18089011600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089011600?

Census tract 18089011600 in the Marshalltown neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 18089011600?

Median gross rent is $859/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18089011600?

29.0% of residents in tract 18089011600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,103.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18089011600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 57th, minority 99th, housing 27th.

Is tract 18089011600 considered part of Marshalltown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18089011600 fall within Marshalltown (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18089011600 struggle to pay rent?

About 33.6% 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. 32.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18089011600 compare to Gary overall?

Tract 18089011600 scores 6/10, 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 18089011600 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 58% 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gary

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