Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Garyton Eviction Risk: Lower , Portage
Tract 18127050501 · Porter County, IN · pop 6,151 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 18127050501, home to 6,151 residents in the Garyton neighborhood of Portage, scores 5.1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 43% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
46% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,491 monthly, set against $74,942 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 29% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units2,511
Renter share29.1%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$74,942
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portage and the region
Centroid at 41.5759, -87.2070 · click any tract to drill in
Why Garyton scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Portage
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.7
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
7.8% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,491 rent vs county FMR
7.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Portage
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Portage
6.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Portage
6.7
How Garyton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 55Total filings over 2 yrs
- 5.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.2%Peak (2014)
- 18Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Garyton. 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.
- 14.6%Housing insecurity
- 10.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.2%Food insecurity
- 11.1%SNAP enrollment
- 9.6%Transit barriers
- 12.0%No health insurance
- 19.6%Frequent mental distress
- 34.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Garyton
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 7.7/10. 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 Portage eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Porter County average of 4.5 and above the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 55 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 5.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.2% of renter households in 2014.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 28th 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 18127050501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18127050501?
Census tract 18127050501 in the Garyton neighborhood scores 2.6/10 (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 18127050501?
Median gross rent is $1,491/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18127050501?
7.8% of residents in tract 18127050501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,151.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18127050501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 59th, minority 54th, housing 4th.
Q5
Is tract 18127050501 considered part of Garyton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18127050501 fall within Garyton (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18127050501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 55 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18127050501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.33% of renter households, peaking at 7.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18127050501 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.6% 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. 10.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18127050501 compare to Portage overall?
Tract 18127050501 scores 2.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Portage at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Portage eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 18127050501 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Portage
Top eight tracts in Portage ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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