Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Kouts Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18127051102 · Porter County, IN · pop 4,488 · 38% of tract blocks fall in Kouts
How risky is Kouts for landlords? Census tract 18127051102 scores 3.5/10, the Lower tier. On the national scale it ranks #79,448 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 20% of renter households, a modest level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $795 a month against an average household income of $83,214 a year, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 12% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,720
Renter share12.3%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate2.4%
Median income$83,214
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kouts and the region
Centroid at 41.2925, -87.0000 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kouts scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kouts
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.7
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
2.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$795 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kouts
5.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kouts
4.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kouts
4.1
How Kouts compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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)
- 6Total filings over 2 yrs
- 1.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.3%Peak (2015)
- 5Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.4%Food insecurity
- 5.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 28.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kouts
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 5.2/10. 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 Kouts, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 6 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 1.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.3% of renter households in 2015.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 13th 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 18127051102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18127051102?
Census tract 18127051102 in Kouts scores 2.1/10 (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 average rent in tract 18127051102?
Median gross rent is $795/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18127051102?
2.4% of residents in tract 18127051102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,488.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18127051102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 17th, minority 17th, housing 26th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18127051102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 6 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18127051102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.35% of renter households, peaking at 2.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 18127051102 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 18127051102 compare to Kouts overall?
Tract 18127051102 scores 2.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Kouts at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kouts; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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