Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #79,998 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Schererville
Tract 18089042610 · Lake County, IN · pop 4,136 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
How risky is Lake Hills in Schererville for landlords? Census tract 18089042610 scores 3.5/10, the Lower tier. On the national scale it ranks #79,442 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 0% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $123,026 a year. About 1% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.4
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 99%
Tract context
Occupied units1,468
Renter share1.2%
SVI overall0.00
Poverty rate0.7%
Median income$123,026
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
4
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Schererville and the region
Centroid at 41.4674, -87.4555 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake Hills scores 1.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Schererville
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
0.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Schererville
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Schererville
4.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Schererville
4.9
How Lake Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 0
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 2%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Lake Hills. 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.
- 6.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.5%Food insecurity
- 3.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 14.3%Frequent mental distress
- 23.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lake Hills
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 5.5/10. 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 Schererville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below the Lake County average of 5.2 and below the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 0th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 18089042610
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089042610?
Census tract 18089042610 in the Lake Hills neighborhood scores 1.4/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 18089042610?
0.7% of residents in tract 18089042610 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,136.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 18089042610?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 0th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 3th, minority 25th, housing 2th.
Q4
Is tract 18089042610 considered part of Lake Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18089042610 fall within Lake Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q5
What share of households in tract 18089042610 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.9% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18089042610 compare to Schererville overall?
Tract 18089042610 scores 1.4/10, lower than the parent city of Schererville at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Schererville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Schererville
Top eight tracts in Schererville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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