Lincoln Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Merrillville

Cost burden runs 60% here against 43.0% across Lake County. Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.9/10.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.6/10.

The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The voucher gap is 15.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Nationally it ranks #44,239 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.1/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the Lake County average of 4.4 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.