Lottaville Eviction Risk: Lower , Merrillville

The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.9/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.1/10.

Food insecurity runs 27.5% against 17.8% nationally. At $1,101 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Merrillville commands. Cost burden runs 47% here against 43.0% across Lake County.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Nationally it ranks #50,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Lake County average of 4.4 closely.

Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $58,420. 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.