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Eastgate Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hammond

Tract 18089021900 · Lake County, IN · pop 5,449 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

For landlords sizing up the Eastgate neighborhood of Hammond, census tract 18089021900 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. It lands near the 54th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 45% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,264 a month against an average household income of $53,083 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 19% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.4

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 10% Owners 82%

Tract context

Occupied units2,063

Renter share18.8%

SVI overall0.89

Poverty rate13.6%

Median income$53,083

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hammond and the region

Centroid at 41.5935, -87.4424 · click any tract to drill in

Why Eastgate 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

13.6% poverty · this tract

3.4

Supply constraint

$1,264 rent vs county FMR

5.6

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 Eastgate compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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

77%Socioeconomic
97%Household composition
77%Racial/ethnic minority
73%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
65%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Eastgate. 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.

17.3%Housing insecurity
12.6%Utility-shutoff threat
23.4%Food insecurity
13.5%SNAP enrollment
10.9%Transit barriers
14.0%No health insurance
18.0%Frequent mental distress
32.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Eastgate

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.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 89th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18089021900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089021900?

Census tract 18089021900 in the Eastgate 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 18089021900?

Median gross rent is $1,264/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18089021900?

13.6% of residents in tract 18089021900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,449.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18089021900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 97th, minority 77th, housing 73th.

Is tract 18089021900 considered part of Eastgate?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18089021900 fall within Eastgate (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18089021900 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.3% 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. 12.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18089021900 compare to Hammond overall?

Tract 18089021900 scores 4.4/10, 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 18089021900 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. 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.