Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
LaSalle Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , South Bend
Tract 18141002400 · St. Joseph County, IN · pop 2,935 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 18141002400 sits in the LaSalle Park area of South Bend eviction risk, IN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.6/10. Population here is 2,935. 37% 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
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units899
Renter share38.8%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate22.1%
Median income$37,104
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
98
th percentile
Very High
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Bend and the region
Centroid at 41.6682, -86.2987 · click any tract to drill in
Why LaSalle Park scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
22.1% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$1,040 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 97%Grade C
- 2%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 33Total filings over 1 yrs
- 6.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.8%Peak (2015)
- 33Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 187Total filings 2020-21
- 2.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.62×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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.
- 28.7%Housing insecurity
- 20.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 39.0%Food insecurity
- 27.1%SNAP enrollment
- 18.3%Transit barriers
- 24.5%No health insurance
- 22.0%Frequent mental distress
- 43.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in LaSalle Park
Food insecurity runs 39.0% against 17.8% nationally. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Cost burden runs 54% here against 41.2% across St. Joseph County.
Set annual rent against average income of $37,104 and the ratio lands at 34%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. Disability prevalence runs 43.8% against 31.5% nationally. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
The filing record is not thin: 33 evictions over 1 years of observation. It sits 0.8 points above the St. Joseph County average of 3.8. Filings peaked in 2015 at 6.8% of renter households.
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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18141002400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18141002400?
Census tract 18141002400 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 18141002400?
Median gross rent is $1,040/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18141002400?
22.1% of residents in tract 18141002400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,935.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18141002400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 97th, minority 81th, housing 29th.
Q5
Is tract 18141002400 considered part of LaSalle Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18141002400 fall within LaSalle Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18141002400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 33 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 18141002400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.76% of renter households, peaking at 6.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 18141002400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.62× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Richmond eviction risk, VA), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 18141002400 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.7% 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. 20.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 18141002400 compare to South Bend overall?
Tract 18141002400 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 18141002400 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. 2% 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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