Neighborhood · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally

Horace Mann Eviction Risk: Moderate , Gary

Tract 18089011800 · Lake County, IN · pop 1,207 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Census tract 18089011800 runs through the Horace Mann neighborhood of Gary. With 1,207 residents, it scores 5.6/10 for landlords. It lands near the 61st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

27% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,118 a month against an average household income of $34,276 a year, roughly 39% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

5.6

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 12% Owners 84%

Tract context

Occupied units623

Renter share15.9%

SVI overall0.89

Poverty rate31.7%

Median income$34,276

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gary and the region

Centroid at 41.5844, -87.3493 · click any tract to drill in

Why Horace Mann scores 5.6

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

31.7% poverty · this tract

7.9

Supply constraint

$1,118 rent vs county FMR

4.3

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 Horace Mann compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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

92%Socioeconomic
96%Household composition
99%Racial/ethnic minority
39%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
1%Grade C
65%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 Horace Mann. 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.

28.2%Housing insecurity
24.5%Utility-shutoff threat
41.4%Food insecurity
33.5%SNAP enrollment
19.1%Transit barriers
13.0%No health insurance
19.9%Frequent mental distress
42.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Horace Mann

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.3/10. 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 Gary eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Lake County average of 5.2 and above the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 89th 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 28.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 24.5% 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 18089011800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089011800?

Census tract 18089011800 in the Horace Mann neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 18089011800?

Median gross rent is $1,118/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18089011800?

31.7% of residents in tract 18089011800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,207.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18089011800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 96th, minority 99th, housing 39th.

Is tract 18089011800 considered part of Horace Mann?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18089011800 fall within Horace Mann (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18089011800 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.2% 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. 24.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18089011800 compare to Gary overall?

Tract 18089011800 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Gary at 3.1/10. 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 18089011800 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. 65% 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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