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Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

LaSalle Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , South Bend

Tract 18141000100 · St. Joseph County, IN · pop 2,146 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 18141000100 covers part of the LaSalle Park area of South Bend, IN, and scores 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,146 residents. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 19% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units995
Renter share35.0%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate43.9%
Median income$33,938

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In LaSalle Park
Very High
Within parent city
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 47 tracts In South Bend
High
Within county
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 82 tracts In St. Joseph County
Elevated
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#370 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across South Bend and the region

Centroid at 41.6898, -86.3001 · click any tract to drill in

Why LaSalle Park scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from South Bend
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
43.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$976 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Bend
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Bend
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Bend
2.5

How LaSalle Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
LaSalle Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.6This tracttract 0001003.2South Bendparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 10Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 3.73%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.7%Peak (2015)
  • 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 83Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.11×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Richmond, VA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within LaSalle Park. 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 LaSalle Park

The poverty rate is 44%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Set annual rent against average income of $33,938 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Food insecurity runs 34.6% against 17.8% nationally.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. SNAP participation runs 27.2% against 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 10 evictions over 1 years of observation.

Against St. Joseph County at 41.2%, 46% of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 0.8 points above the St. Joseph County average of 3.8. The worst year on record was 2015, when 3.7% of renter households were served.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for South Bend. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 3.7% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.3/10.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 18141000100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18141000100?

Census tract 18141000100 in the LaSalle Park neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 18141000100?

Median gross rent is $976/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18141000100?

43.9% of residents in tract 18141000100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,146.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18141000100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 63th, minority 69th, housing 38th.
Q5

Is tract 18141000100 considered part of LaSalle Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18141000100 fall within LaSalle Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18141000100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 10 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 18141000100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.73% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 18141000100 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.11× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Richmond eviction risk, VA), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 18141000100 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.7% 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. 20.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 18141000100 compare to South Bend overall?

Tract 18141000100 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of South Bend at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South Bend eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10

Was tract 18141000100 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 1% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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