Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally

LaSalle Park Eviction Risk: Lower , South Bend

Tract 18141002500 · St. Joseph County, IN · pop 1,976 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 18141002500 covers part of the LaSalle Park area of South Bend, IN, and scores 3.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,976 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score

3.4

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 16% Owners 75%

Tract context

Occupied units637

Renter share25.4%

SVI overall0.90

Poverty rate14.8%

Median income$60,820

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across South Bend and the region

Centroid at 41.6755, -86.3127 · click any tract to drill in

Why LaSalle Park scores 3.4

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

14.8% poverty · this tract

3.7

Supply constraint

$854 rent vs county FMR

2.8

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: 90

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

77%Socioeconomic
92%Household composition
79%Racial/ethnic minority
87%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
0%Grade C
23%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)

13Total filings over 1 yrs
11.40%Avg annual filing rate
11.4%Peak (2015)
13Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

61Total filings 2020-21
0.8Avg monthly (observed)
1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
0.68×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01

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.

19.5%Housing insecurity
13.4%Utility-shutoff threat
25.4%Food insecurity
15.1%SNAP enrollment
12.1%Transit barriers
16.7%No health insurance
19.2%Frequent mental distress
37.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in LaSalle Park

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10.

Average gross rent is $854, 17% below the South Bend average. 36% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the St. Joseph County average of 41.2%.

Court records carry 13 eviction filings across 1 observed years. Food insecurity runs 25.4% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2015 at 11.4% of renter households.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 11.4% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #59,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $60,820, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18141002500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18141002500?

Census tract 18141002500 in the LaSalle Park neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 18141002500?

Median gross rent is $854/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18141002500?

14.8% of residents in tract 18141002500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,976.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18141002500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 92th, minority 79th, housing 87th.

Is tract 18141002500 considered part of LaSalle Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18141002500 fall within LaSalle Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18141002500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 13 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 18141002500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.40% of renter households, peaking at 11.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 18141002500 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.68× 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.

What share of households in tract 18141002500 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.5% 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. 13.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18141002500 compare to South Bend overall?

Tract 18141002500 scores 3.4/10, right in line with 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 18141002500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 23% 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in South Bend

Top eight tracts in South Bend ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org