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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Garyton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Portage

Tract 18127050508 · Porter County, IN · pop 6,436 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

With a score of 5.1/10, tract 18127050508 in the Garyton area of Portage, IN reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.6/10.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 25% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units2,687
Renter share48.3%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate13.4%
Median income$56,757

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Garyton
Very High
Within parent city
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 9 tracts In Portage
High
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#8 of 42 tracts In Porter County
High
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#256 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Portage and the region

Centroid at 41.5578, -87.2021 · click any tract to drill in

Why Garyton scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
13.4% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,177 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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.
Garyton risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 0505083.8Portageparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 84Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 3.79%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.2%Peak (2014)
  • 38Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Garyton

roughly one in two of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Porter County average of 38.1%. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Against the Porter County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.7/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 84 filings here across 2 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 4.2% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 3.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 18127050508

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18127050508?

Census tract 18127050508 in the Garyton neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 18127050508?

Median gross rent is $1,177/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18127050508?

13.4% of residents in tract 18127050508 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,436.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18127050508?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 79th, minority 55th, housing 45th.
Q5

Is tract 18127050508 considered part of Garyton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18127050508 fall within Garyton (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18127050508?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 84 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18127050508 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.79% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 18127050508 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.6% 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. 9.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 18127050508 compare to Portage overall?

Tract 18127050508 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Portage at 3.8/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Portage

Top eight tracts in Portage ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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