Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally

Pulaski Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hammond

Tract 18089020300 · Lake County, IN · pop 5,396 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

The Moderate-tier score of 4.3/10 for census tract 18089020300 reflects conditions in Pulaski Park in Hammond, Indiana. That is riskier than about 18% of US census tracts.

11% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 2% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,027 monthly, set against $55,371 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 23% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.5

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 20% Owners 77%

Tract context

Occupied units2,179

Renter share23.0%

SVI overall0.78

Poverty rate15.8%

Median income$55,371

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hammond and the region

Centroid at 41.6561, -87.5111 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pulaski Park scores 4.5

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

15.8% poverty · this tract

3.9

Supply constraint

$1,027 rent vs county FMR

3.6

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 Pulaski Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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

73%Socioeconomic
79%Household composition
74%Racial/ethnic minority
63%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
0%Grade C
20%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.

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.

20.8%Housing insecurity
14.7%Utility-shutoff threat
29.5%Food insecurity
17.1%SNAP enrollment
13.1%Transit barriers
20.0%No health insurance
18.6%Frequent mental distress
35.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Pulaski Park

The score leans hardest on 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 below the Lake County average of 5.2 and below the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 20% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

In CDC survey modeling, about 20.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.7% 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 18089020300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089020300?

Census tract 18089020300 in the Pulaski Park neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 18089020300?

Median gross rent is $1,027/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 11% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18089020300?

15.8% of residents in tract 18089020300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,396.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18089020300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 79th, minority 74th, housing 63th.

Is tract 18089020300 considered part of Pulaski Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18089020300 fall within Pulaski Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18089020300 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.8% 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. 14.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18089020300 compare to Hammond overall?

Tract 18089020300 scores 4.5/10, 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.

Was tract 18089020300 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. 20% 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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