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Burlington Beach Eviction Risk: Moderate , Valparaiso

Tract 18127050705 · Porter County, IN · pop 3,754 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 18127050705 (Burlington Beach in Valparaiso, Indiana) comes in at 5.5/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 57% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 53% of renter households, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,073 monthly, set against $69,336 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 46% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 22% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,520
Renter share45.9%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate17.9%
Median income$69,336

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Burlington Beach
Elevated
Within parent city
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 13 tracts In Valparaiso
Elevated
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 42 tracts In Porter County
High
Within state
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#518 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Valparaiso and the region

Centroid at 41.4897, -87.0327 · click any tract to drill in

Why Burlington Beach scores 4.2

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
17.9% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,073 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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.
Burlington Beach risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.24.2This tracttract 050705Valparaiso: 2.32.3Valparaisoparent cityCounty: 2.82.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 51

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Burlington Beach

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.3/10. 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 Valparaiso 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 51st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 18127050705

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18127050705?

Census tract 18127050705 in the Burlington Beach neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 18127050705?

Median gross rent is $1,073/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18127050705?

17.9% of residents in tract 18127050705 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,754.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18127050705?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 67th, minority 23th, housing 49th.
Q5

Is tract 18127050705 considered part of Burlington Beach?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18127050705 fall within Burlington Beach (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 18127050705 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.4% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 18127050705 compare to Valparaiso overall?

Tract 18127050705 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Valparaiso at 2.3/10. 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.

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