Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Chesterton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18127050203 · Porter County, IN · pop 6,755 · 53% of tract blocks fall in Chesterton
Census tract 18127050203 sits in Chesterton, Indiana eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. On the national scale it ranks #59,740 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 47% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,129 monthly, set against $90,184 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units2,857
Renter share23.5%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$90,184
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chesterton and the region
Centroid at 41.6376, -87.0365 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chesterton scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Chesterton
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.7
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,129 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chesterton
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chesterton
6.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chesterton
4.8
How Chesterton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 22Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2014)
- 5Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.9%Food insecurity
- 5.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 28.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chesterton
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.2/10. 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 Chesterton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Porter County average of 4.5 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 17th 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 8.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.8% 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 18127050203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18127050203?
Census tract 18127050203 in Chesterton scores 2.4/10 (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 18127050203?
Median gross rent is $1,129/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18127050203?
9.0% of residents in tract 18127050203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,755.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18127050203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 11th, minority 11th, housing 34th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18127050203?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 22 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18127050203 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.10% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 18127050203 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 18127050203 compare to Chesterton overall?
Tract 18127050203 scores 2.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Chesterton at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chesterton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Chesterton
Top eight tracts in Chesterton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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