Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Schleicher Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hammond

Tract 18089021800 · Lake County, IN · pop 3,777 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 4.8/10, tract 18089021800 in the Schleicher area of Hammond, IN reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,777 residents. 66% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Lake County average of 43.0%.

Risk score

4.8

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 15% Owners 56%

Tract context

Occupied units1,477

Renter share43.8%

SVI overall0.82

Poverty rate15.8%

Median income$51,546

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hammond and the region

Centroid at 41.5743, -87.4874 · click any tract to drill in

Why Schleicher scores 4.8

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

4.0

Supply constraint

$1,022 rent vs county FMR

3.5

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 Schleicher compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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

85%Socioeconomic
95%Household composition
77%Racial/ethnic minority
35%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

12%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%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.

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.

21.0%Housing insecurity
16.5%Utility-shutoff threat
30.0%Food insecurity
20.5%SNAP enrollment
13.8%Transit barriers
14.6%No health insurance
20.2%Frequent mental distress
36.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Schleicher

The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 1.7/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10.

Food insecurity runs 30.0% against 17.8% nationally. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10.

The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

At $1,022 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Hammond commands. This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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.

That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.4/10.

Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

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 18089021800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089021800?

Census tract 18089021800 in the Schleicher neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 18089021800?

Median gross rent is $1,022/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18089021800?

15.8% of residents in tract 18089021800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,777.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18089021800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 95th, minority 77th, housing 35th.

Is tract 18089021800 considered part of Schleicher?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18089021800 fall within Schleicher (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18089021800 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.0% 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. 16.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18089021800 compare to Hammond overall?

Tract 18089021800 scores 4.8/10, 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 18089021800 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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.