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Neighborhood · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally

Robertsdale Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hammond

Tract 18089020200 · Lake County, IN · pop 2,887 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 18089020200 covers Robertsdale in Hammond, home to 2,887 residents. For landlords it grades 5.4/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 54% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 48% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $948 a month against an average household income of $62,844 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 29% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 15% Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,325
Renter share29.0%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate14.2%
Median income$62,844

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Robertsdale
Moderate
Within parent city
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 19 tracts In Hammond
Moderate
Within county
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#64 of 131 tracts In Lake County
Moderate
Within state
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#518 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hammond and the region

Centroid at 41.6756, -87.5097 · 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
14.2% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$948 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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.
Robertsdale risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.24.2This tracttract 020200Hammond: 2.72.7Hammondparent cityCounty: 3.93.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 58

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

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Robertsdale

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.8/10. 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 Hammond eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.

Part of this tract, about 8% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 58th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 18089020200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089020200?

Census tract 18089020200 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 18089020200?

Median gross rent is $948/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18089020200?

14.2% of residents in tract 18089020200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,887.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18089020200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 85th, minority 57th, housing 46th.
Q5

Is tract 18089020200 considered part of Robertsdale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18089020200 fall within Robertsdale (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 18089020200 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.8% 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 18089020200 compare to Hammond overall?

Tract 18089020200 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Hammond at 2.7/10. 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.
Q8

Was tract 18089020200 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. 8% 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

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

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