Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Valparaiso Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18127051010 · Porter County, IN · pop 3,966 · 0% of tract blocks fall in Valparaiso
Census tract 18127051010 sits in Valparaiso eviction risk in Porter County, Indiana eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. That is riskier than about 8% of US census tracts.
About 0% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $110,570 a year. About 3% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units1,422
Renter share2.9%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate3.0%
Median income$110,570
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Valparaiso and the region
Centroid at 41.3923, -87.0031 · click any tract to drill in
Why Valparaiso scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
3.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Valparaiso compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.1%Food insecurity
- 4.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 26.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Valparaiso
The score leans hardest on 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 below the Porter County average of 4.5 and below the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 3rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 18127051010
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18127051010?
Census tract 18127051010 in Valparaiso scores 2.4/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the poverty rate in tract 18127051010?
3.0% of residents in tract 18127051010 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,966.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 18127051010?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 6th, minority 14th, housing 12th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 18127051010 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 18127051010 compare to Valparaiso overall?
Tract 18127051010 scores 2.4/10, right in line with 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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Marian Manor
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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5
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
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Burlington Beach
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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Burlington Beach
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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Burlington Beach
3.6
/ 10 · Low
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Marian Manor
3.1
/ 10 · Low
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