Neighborhood · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally

South Oakland Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lafayette

Tract 18157000800 · Tippecanoe County, IN · pop 1,836 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 4.1/10, tract 18157000800 in the South Oakland area of Lafayette, IN reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,836. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.

Risk score

4.1

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 23% Owners 61%

Tract context

Occupied units909

Renter share39.1%

SVI overall0.47

Poverty rate12.9%

Median income$55,958

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lafayette and the region

Centroid at 40.4059, -86.8635 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Oakland scores 4.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Lafayette

5.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.0

State political climate

Indiana legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

12.9% poverty · this tract

3.2

Supply constraint

$1,124 rent vs county FMR

4.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Lafayette

6.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Lafayette

9.3

Housing court bias

Inherited from Lafayette

7.0

How South Oakland compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 47

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

66%Socioeconomic
45%Household composition
35%Racial/ethnic minority
27%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within South Oakland. 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.

14.7%Housing insecurity
11.4%Utility-shutoff threat
19.6%Food insecurity
13.3%SNAP enrollment
10.1%Transit barriers
11.4%No health insurance
19.5%Frequent mental distress
32.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in South Oakland

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10. 41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Tippecanoe County average of 49.7%. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10.

Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the national scale it lands near the 44th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.3/10. It tracks the Tippecanoe County average of 4.5 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,124, close to the Lafayette average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $55,958.

39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 18157000800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18157000800?

Census tract 18157000800 in the South Oakland neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 18157000800?

Median gross rent is $1,124/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18157000800?

12.9% of residents in tract 18157000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,836.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18157000800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 45th, minority 35th, housing 27th.

Is tract 18157000800 considered part of South Oakland?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18157000800 fall within South Oakland (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18157000800 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.7% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18157000800 compare to Lafayette overall?

Tract 18157000800 scores 4.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Lafayette at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lafayette eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lafayette

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