Neighborhood · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally

Northside Eviction Risk: Moderate , East Chicago

Tract 18089030500 · Lake County, IN · pop 4,101 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 18089030500, home to 4,101 residents in the Northside area of East Chicago, scores 5.7/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #29,477 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $949 a month against an average household income of $45,000 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 53% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.2

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 27% Owners 47%

Tract context

Occupied units1,390

Renter share52.9%

SVI overall0.88

Poverty rate22.7%

Median income$45,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across East Chicago and the region

Centroid at 41.6338, -87.4849 · click any tract to drill in

Why Northside scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from East Chicago

6.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.8

State political climate

Indiana legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

22.7% poverty · this tract

5.7

Supply constraint

$949 rent vs county FMR

2.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from East Chicago

5.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from East Chicago

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from East Chicago

7.2

How Northside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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

89%Socioeconomic
90%Household composition
93%Racial/ethnic minority
52%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
32%Grade C
27%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.

26.8%Housing insecurity
19.1%Utility-shutoff threat
39.0%Food insecurity
24.6%SNAP enrollment
16.8%Transit barriers
25.3%No health insurance
18.6%Frequent mental distress
39.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Northside

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. 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 East Chicago eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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 predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 88th 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.

Part of this tract, about 27% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18089030500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089030500?

Census tract 18089030500 in the Northside neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 18089030500?

Median gross rent is $949/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18089030500?

22.7% of residents in tract 18089030500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,101.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18089030500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 90th, minority 93th, housing 52th.

Is tract 18089030500 considered part of Northside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18089030500 fall within Northside (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18089030500 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.8% 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. 19.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18089030500 compare to East Chicago overall?

Tract 18089030500 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of East Chicago at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Chicago eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 18089030500 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. 27% 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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