Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
Wanatah Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 18091042900 · LaPorte County, IN · pop 4,103 · 14% of tract blocks fall in Wanatah
Census tract 18091042900 runs through Wanatah in LaPorte County. With 4,103 residents, it scores 5.7/10 for landlords. It lands near the 65th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 42% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,013 a month while the average household earns $55,549 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,662
Renter share16.1%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate26.5%
Median income$55,549
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
81
th percentile
High
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wanatah and the region
Centroid at 41.3492, -86.8388 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wanatah scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wanatah
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
26.5% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$1,013 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wanatah
9.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wanatah
3.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wanatah
8.2
How Wanatah compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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.
- 13.1%Housing insecurity
- 10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.0%Food insecurity
- 13.0%SNAP enrollment
- 9.3%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 40.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wanatah
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.1/10. 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 Wanatah, 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 above 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 39th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.4% 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 18091042900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18091042900?
Census tract 18091042900 in Wanatah scores 4.8/10 (Moderate 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 18091042900?
Median gross rent is $1,013/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18091042900?
26.5% of residents in tract 18091042900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,103.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18091042900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 69th, minority 19th, housing 15th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18091042900 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.1% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18091042900 compare to Wanatah overall?
Tract 18091042900 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Wanatah at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wanatah; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wanatah
Top eight tracts in Wanatah ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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