Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Lakeside Eviction Risk: Lower , East Chicago
Tract 18089040900 · Lake County, IN · pop 6,795 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Lakeside in East Chicago anchors census tract 18089040900, which lands at $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 39% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 72% of renter households, a severe level, and 48% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,052 a month against an average household income of $80,114 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 8% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units2,737
Renter share8.4%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$80,114
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across East Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.5209, -87.4338 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakeside scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,052 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from East Chicago
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from East Chicago
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from East Chicago
5.0
How Lakeside compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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
- 23%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 Lakeside. 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.
- 9.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.5%Food insecurity
- 5.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lakeside
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.1/10. 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 about the same as 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.
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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.6% 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 18089040900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089040900?
Census tract 18089040900 in the Lakeside neighborhood scores 2.5/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 18089040900?
Median gross rent is $1,052/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18089040900?
6.7% of residents in tract 18089040900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,795.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18089040900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 29th, minority 44th, housing 25th.
Q5
Is tract 18089040900 considered part of Lakeside?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18089040900 fall within Lakeside (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 18089040900 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.0% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 18089040900 compare to East Chicago overall?
Tract 18089040900 scores 2.5/10, lower 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.
Q8
Was tract 18089040900 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.
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Highest-risk tracts in East Chicago
Top eight tracts in East Chicago ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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