Harrison Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hammond

Against Lake County at 43.0%, 57% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.1/10. The poverty rate is 36%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Annualized rent equals 32% of average household income of $36,244, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 21.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. SNAP participation runs 26.9% against 15.2% nationally.

Against the Lake County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Average gross rent is $975, 14% below the Hammond average.

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. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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