Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Michiana Shores Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18091041200 · LaPorte County, IN · pop 1,254 · 40% of tract blocks fall in Michiana Shores
Census tract 18091041200 sits in Michiana Shores, Indiana eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 3.6/10. It lands near the 7th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 10% of renter households, a modest level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,597 monthly, set against $124,375 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 8% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units662
Renter share7.6%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate6.4%
Median income$124,375
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Michiana Shores and the region
Centroid at 41.7556, -86.8233 · click any tract to drill in
Why Michiana Shores scores 2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Michiana Shores
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
6.4% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$2,597 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Michiana Shores
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Michiana Shores
2.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Michiana Shores
5.2
How Michiana Shores compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%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.
- 4.4%Housing insecurity
- 3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.4%Food insecurity
- 2.6%SNAP enrollment
- 3.3%Transit barriers
- 3.6%No health insurance
- 11.3%Frequent mental distress
- 28.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Michiana Shores
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Michiana Shores, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the LaPorte County average of 4.4 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 4.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 2nd 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 18091041200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18091041200?
Census tract 18091041200 in Michiana Shores scores 2/10 (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 18091041200?
Median gross rent is $2,597/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 10% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18091041200?
6.4% of residents in tract 18091041200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,254.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18091041200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 35th, minority 19th, housing 1th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18091041200 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.4% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18091041200 compare to Michiana Shores overall?
Tract 18091041200 scores 2/10, right in line with the parent city of Michiana Shores at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Michiana Shores; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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