Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 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 part of the Robertsdale area of Hammond, IN, and scores 4.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. 30% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

4.4

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.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hammond and the region

Centroid at 41.6756, -87.5097 · click any tract to drill in

Why Robertsdale scores 4.4

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 58

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

44%Socioeconomic
85%Household composition
57%Racial/ethnic minority
46%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
9%Grade C
8%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.

13.8%Housing insecurity
9.9%Utility-shutoff threat
19.6%Food insecurity
10.7%SNAP enrollment
8.8%Transit barriers
13.8%No health insurance
16.2%Frequent mental distress
32.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Robertsdale

The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 1.7/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10. Average gross rent is $948, 16% below the Hammond average.

Cost burden runs roughly one in two here against 43.0% across Lake County. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 6.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Lake County average of 4.4 closely.

Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $62,844.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18089020200

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

Census tract 18089020200 in the Robertsdale neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 18089020200?

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

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.

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.

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).

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.

How does tract 18089020200 compare to Hammond overall?

Tract 18089020200 scores 4.4/10, higher than 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 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

Highest-risk tracts in Hammond

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