Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally

Burlington Beach Eviction Risk: Lower , Valparaiso

Tract 18127050703 · Porter County, IN · pop 3,106 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 18127050703 covers part of the Burlington Beach area of Valparaiso, IN, and scores 3.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,106 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.1/10.

Risk score

3.4

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 4% Owners 94%

Tract context

Occupied units1,310

Renter share6.2%

SVI overall0.17

Poverty rate4.3%

Median income$90,643

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Valparaiso and the region

Centroid at 41.4982, -87.0635 · click any tract to drill in

Why Burlington Beach scores 3.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Valparaiso

5.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.7

State political climate

Indiana legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

4.3% poverty · this tract

1.1

Supply constraint

$1,264 rent vs county FMR

5.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Valparaiso

7.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Valparaiso

8.3

Housing court bias

Inherited from Valparaiso

6.9

How Burlington Beach 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.

23%Socioeconomic
48%Household composition
24%Racial/ethnic minority
12%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)

7Total filings over 2 yrs
4.27%Avg annual filing rate
6.1%Peak (2015)
5Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Burlington Beach. 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.

7.1%Housing insecurity
5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
8.3%Food insecurity
4.1%SNAP enrollment
4.8%Transit barriers
6.0%No health insurance
14.5%Frequent mental distress
26.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Burlington Beach

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.6/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.3/10. Food insecurity runs 8.3% against 17.8% nationally.

roughly one in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Porter County average of 38.1%. The filing record is not thin: 7 evictions over 2 years of observation. Housing insecurity runs 7.1% against 14.2% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2015 at 6.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.3% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 6% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.5/10.

Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $90,643, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18127050703

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18127050703?

Census tract 18127050703 in the Burlington Beach neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 18127050703?

Median gross rent is $1,264/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18127050703?

4.3% of residents in tract 18127050703 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,106.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18127050703?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 48th, minority 24th, housing 12th.

Is tract 18127050703 considered part of Burlington Beach?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18127050703 fall within Burlington Beach (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18127050703?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 7 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18127050703 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.27% of renter households, peaking at 6.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 18127050703 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.1% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18127050703 compare to Valparaiso overall?

Tract 18127050703 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Valparaiso at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Valparaiso eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Valparaiso

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

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org