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Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally

LaSalle Park Eviction Risk: Lower , South Bend

Tract 18141002600 · St. Joseph County, IN · pop 3,976 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

With a score of 3.9/10, tract 18141002600 in the LaSalle Park area of South Bend, IN reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,976. Cost burden runs 59% here against 41.2% across St. Joseph County.

Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 10% Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,327
Renter share23.9%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate15.7%
Median income$46,391

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 5 tracts In LaSalle Park
Low
Within parent city
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#28 of 47 tracts In South Bend
Moderate
Within county
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#39 of 82 tracts In St. Joseph County
Moderate
Within state
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#679 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across South Bend and the region

Centroid at 41.6641, -86.3100 · click any tract to drill in

Why LaSalle Park scores 3.9

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
15.7% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$892 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 / state3.9This tracttract 0026003.2South Bendparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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)

  • 21Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 8.33%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.3%Peak (2015)
  • 21Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 311Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 2.03×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran above 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 main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10.

The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. SNAP participation runs 24.2% against 15.2% nationally.

The filing record is not thin: 21 evictions over 1 years of observation. At $892 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of South Bend commands. Filings peaked in 2015 at 8.3% 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. In a typical year about 8.3% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #50,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 24% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 18141002600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18141002600?

Census tract 18141002600 in the LaSalle Park neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (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 18141002600?

Median gross rent is $892/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18141002600?

15.7% of residents in tract 18141002600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,976.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18141002600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 92th, minority 80th, housing 38th.
Q5

Is tract 18141002600 considered part of LaSalle Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18141002600 fall within LaSalle Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18141002600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 21 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 18141002600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.33% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 18141002600 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 2.03× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Richmond eviction risk, VA), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 18141002600 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.3% 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. 18.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 18141002600 compare to South Bend overall?

Tract 18141002600 scores 3.9/10, 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 18141002600 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. 0% 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

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

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