Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Porter Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18127050302 · Porter County, IN · pop 3,938 · 62% of tract blocks fall in Porter
Porter is where census tract 18127050302 sits, home to 3,938 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 3.5/10. On the national scale it ranks #79,446 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 15% of renter households, a modest level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,073 monthly, set against $70,825 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 24% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,671
Renter share24.3%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$70,825
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Porter and the region
Centroid at 41.6338, -87.0938 · click any tract to drill in
Why Porter scores 2.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Porter
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.7
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,073 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Porter
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Porter
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Porter
3.5
How Porter compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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.
- 9.2%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.2%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 28.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Porter
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 5.2/10. 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 Porter, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Porter County average of 4.5 and below the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 22nd 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 9.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 18127050302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18127050302?
Census tract 18127050302 in Porter scores 2.9/10 (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 18127050302?
Median gross rent is $1,073/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18127050302?
10.4% of residents in tract 18127050302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,938.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18127050302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 14th, minority 29th, housing 25th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18127050302 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.2% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18127050302 compare to Porter overall?
Tract 18127050302 scores 2.9/10, higher than the parent city of Porter at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Porter; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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