Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Robertsdale Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hammond

Tract 18089020100 · Lake County, IN · pop 4,656 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 18089020100 covers part of the Robertsdale area of Hammond, IN, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,656. Cost burden runs 31% here against 43.0% across Lake County.

Risk score

4.2

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 21% Owners 70%

Tract context

Occupied units2,019

Renter share30.1%

SVI overall0.65

Poverty rate14.0%

Median income$70,104

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hammond and the region

Centroid at 41.6806, -87.5043 · click any tract to drill in

Why Robertsdale scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Hammond

6.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.8

State political climate

Indiana legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

14.0% poverty · this tract

3.5

Supply constraint

$959 rent vs county FMR

3.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Hammond

6.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Hammond

7.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Hammond

7.3

How Robertsdale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

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

55%Socioeconomic
67%Household composition
61%Racial/ethnic minority
64%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
75%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Robertsdale. 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.

14.7%Housing insecurity
10.5%Utility-shutoff threat
20.6%Food insecurity
11.2%SNAP enrollment
9.5%Transit barriers
14.7%No health insurance
16.5%Frequent mental distress
32.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Robertsdale

The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.7/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10. The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

At $959 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Hammond commands. 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. On the national scale it lands near the 46th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $70,104, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

It tracks the Lake County average of 4.4 closely. 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 18089020100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089020100?

Census tract 18089020100 in the Robertsdale neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 18089020100?

Median gross rent is $959/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18089020100?

14.0% of residents in tract 18089020100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,656.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18089020100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 67th, minority 61th, housing 64th.

Is tract 18089020100 considered part of Robertsdale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18089020100 fall within Robertsdale (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18089020100 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.7% 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. 10.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18089020100 compare to Hammond overall?

Tract 18089020100 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Hammond at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hammond eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 18089020100 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Hammond

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