Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Crestview Eviction Risk: Moderate , Valparaiso

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

Census tract 18127050801 covers part of the Crestview area of Valparaiso, IN, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,669 residents. 38% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

5.4

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.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Valparaiso and the region

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

Why Crestview scores 5.4

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

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 58

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

65%Socioeconomic
72%Household composition
26%Racial/ethnic minority
42%Housing & transportation

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.

11.3%Housing insecurity
8.4%Utility-shutoff threat
14.2%Food insecurity
8.3%SNAP enrollment
7.6%Transit barriers
8.7%No health insurance
18.9%Frequent mental distress
29.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Crestview

Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.6/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.3/10. It sits 1.6 points above the Porter County average of 3.8.

Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. Cost burden runs 45% here against 38.1% across Porter County. Average gross rent is $1,005, 18% below the Valparaiso average.

On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $52,399.

44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 18127050801

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

Census tract 18127050801 in the Crestview neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

How does tract 18127050801 compare to Valparaiso overall?

Tract 18127050801 scores 5.4/10, higher 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.