Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Trail Creek Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18091040600 · LaPorte County, IN · pop 4,452 · 47% of tract blocks fall in Trail Creek
Tract 18091040600, home to 4,452 residents in Trail Creek in LaPorte County, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #51,237 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 55% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $968 a month while the average household earns $48,646 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units2,030
Renter share36.8%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate12.5%
Median income$48,646
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Trail Creek and the region
Centroid at 41.6965, -86.8557 · click any tract to drill in
Why Trail Creek scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Trail Creek
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
12.5% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$968 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Trail Creek
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Trail Creek
3.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Trail Creek
5.6
How Trail Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 13.8%Housing insecurity
- 10.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.8%Food insecurity
- 11.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 36.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Trail Creek
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.3/10. 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 Trail Creek, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the LaPorte County average of 4.4 and in line with the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 55th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.2% 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 18091040600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18091040600?
Census tract 18091040600 in Trail Creek scores 3.5/10 (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 18091040600?
Median gross rent is $968/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18091040600?
12.5% of residents in tract 18091040600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,452.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18091040600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 69th, minority 52th, housing 31th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18091040600 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.8% 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. 10.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18091040600 compare to Trail Creek overall?
Tract 18091040600 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Trail Creek at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Trail Creek; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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