Eastgate Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hammond

The clearest offset 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 $1,264, 11% above the Hammond average. 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. Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 19% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 45% of renters.

It tracks the Lake County average of 4.4 closely. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $53,083.

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