Within neighborhood
0
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Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Rockwell Eviction Risk: Lower , Dyer
Tract 18089042803 · Lake County, IN · pop 5,248 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 18089042803 in the Rockwell area of Dyer, IN reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,248 residents. The severe-burden share is 46%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units2,200
Renter share14.2%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$91,389
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dyer and the region
Centroid at 41.5117, -87.5171 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rockwell scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dyer
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,407 rent vs county FMR
6.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dyer
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dyer
2.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dyer
6.7
How Rockwell compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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
- 8%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 Rockwell. 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.
- 8.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.9%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 28.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rockwell
What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10. Cost burden runs 58% here against 43.0% across Lake County.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.6/10. Against the Lake County average of 4.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. The voucher gap is 17.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
SNAP participation runs 6.0% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,407, 15% above the Dyer average.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 14% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18089042803
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18089042803?
Census tract 18089042803 in the Rockwell neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 18089042803?
Median gross rent is $1,407/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18089042803?
6.2% of residents in tract 18089042803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,248.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18089042803?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 39th, minority 29th, housing 55th.
Q5
Is tract 18089042803 considered part of Rockwell?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18089042803 fall within Rockwell (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 18089042803 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.8% 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 18089042803 compare to Dyer overall?
Tract 18089042803 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Dyer at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dyer eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 18089042803 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Dyer
Top eight tracts in Dyer ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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