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Crestview Eviction Risk: Moderate , Valparaiso

Tract 18127050801 · Porter County, IN · pop 2,669 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

How risky is the Crestview neighborhood of Valparaiso for landlords? Census tract 18127050801 scores 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 50th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

45% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,005 monthly, set against $52,399 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 44% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 24% Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,546
Renter share43.7%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate18.0%
Median income$52,399

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Crestview
Moderate
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 13 tracts In Valparaiso
High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#4 of 42 tracts In Porter County
Very High
Within state
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#405 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Valparaiso and the region

Centroid at 41.4730, -87.0562 · click any tract to drill in

Why Crestview scores 4.5

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
18.0% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,005 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 Crestview compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Crestview risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.54.5This tracttract 050801Valparaiso: 2.32.3Valparaisoparent cityCounty: 2.82.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 58

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Crestview. 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 Crestview

The heaviest input here 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 11.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 58th 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 18127050801

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18127050801?

Census tract 18127050801 in the Crestview neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 18127050801?

Median gross rent is $1,005/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18127050801?

18.0% of residents in tract 18127050801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,669.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18127050801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 72th, minority 26th, housing 42th.
Q5

Is tract 18127050801 considered part of Crestview?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18127050801 fall within Crestview (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 18127050801 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.3% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 18127050801 compare to Valparaiso overall?

Tract 18127050801 scores 4.5/10, 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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