Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Kingsford Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18091042700 · LaPorte County, IN · pop 4,903 · 15% of tract blocks fall in Kingsford Heights
In Kingsford Heights, census tract 18091042700 scores 4.6/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #62,230 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $913 monthly, set against $66,779 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,977
Renter share16.4%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate14.1%
Median income$66,779
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kingsford Heights and the region
Centroid at 41.4930, -86.6826 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kingsford Heights scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kingsford Heights
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
14.1% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$913 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kingsford Heights
2.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kingsford Heights
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kingsford Heights
5.1
How Kingsford Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.5%Food insecurity
- 9.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 36.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kingsford Heights
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.2/10. 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 Kingsford Heights, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 27th 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18091042700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18091042700?
Census tract 18091042700 in Kingsford Heights scores 3.9/10 (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 18091042700?
Median gross rent is $913/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18091042700?
14.1% of residents in tract 18091042700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,903.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18091042700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 62th, minority 25th, housing 17th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18091042700 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18091042700 compare to Kingsford Heights overall?
Tract 18091042700 scores 3.9/10, higher than the parent city of Kingsford Heights at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kingsford Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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