Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally

Hamptons Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 18089040501 · Lake County, IN · pop 4,223 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 18089040501 runs through the Hamptons area of Lake. With 4,223 residents, it scores 4.7/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 29% of US census tracts.

About 39% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,325 monthly, set against $70,063 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 51% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 31% Owners 49%

Tract context

Occupied units1,927

Renter share50.9%

SVI overall0.67

Poverty rate20.7%

Median income$70,063

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lake County and the region

Centroid at 41.5401, -87.4701 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hamptons scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

State baseline

2.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.8

State political climate

Indiana legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

20.7% poverty · this tract

5.2

Supply constraint

$1,325 rent vs county FMR

6.1

Rent control risk

State baseline

2.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.0

Tenant organizing strength

State baseline

4.0

Housing court bias

State baseline

5.0

How Hamptons compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

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

63%Socioeconomic
67%Household composition
63%Racial/ethnic minority
57%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
2%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.

13.4%Housing insecurity
10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
17.8%Food insecurity
10.7%SNAP enrollment
8.9%Transit barriers
9.2%No health insurance
17.1%Frequent mental distress
29.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hamptons

What moves this score most is supply constraint at 6.1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by Indiana eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Lake County average of 5.2 and in line with the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 67th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 13.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18089040501

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089040501?

Census tract 18089040501 in the Hamptons neighborhood scores 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 18089040501?

Median gross rent is $1,325/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18089040501?

20.7% of residents in tract 18089040501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,223.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18089040501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 67th, minority 63th, housing 57th.

Is tract 18089040501 considered part of Hamptons?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18089040501 fall within Hamptons (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18089040501 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.4% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Was tract 18089040501 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.