Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally

Wallace Triangle Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lafayette

Tract 18157001100 · Tippecanoe County, IN · pop 3,056 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 18157001100 runs through the Wallace Triangle neighborhood of Lafayette. With 3,056 residents, it scores 5.6/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 61% of US census tracts.

About 71% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,012 a month against an average household income of $57,300 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 41% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.5

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 12% Owners 59%

Tract context

Occupied units1,530

Renter share41.2%

SVI overall0.32

Poverty rate18.1%

Median income$57,300

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lafayette and the region

Centroid at 40.4069, -86.8817 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wallace Triangle scores 4.5

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

18.1% poverty · this tract

4.5

Supply constraint

$1,012 rent vs county FMR

3.7

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 Wallace Triangle compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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

54%Socioeconomic
19%Household composition
28%Racial/ethnic minority
25%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Wallace Triangle. 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.

11.4%Housing insecurity
8.8%Utility-shutoff threat
14.6%Food insecurity
9.3%SNAP enrollment
8.0%Transit barriers
8.8%No health insurance
17.7%Frequent mental distress
29.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wallace Triangle

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Lafayette eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Tippecanoe County average of 5.4 and above the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 32nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 18157001100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18157001100?

Census tract 18157001100 in the Wallace Triangle neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 18157001100?

Median gross rent is $1,012/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18157001100?

18.1% of residents in tract 18157001100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,056.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18157001100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 19th, minority 28th, housing 25th.

Is tract 18157001100 considered part of Wallace Triangle?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18157001100 fall within Wallace Triangle (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18157001100 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.4% 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. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18157001100 compare to Lafayette overall?

Tract 18157001100 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Lafayette at 2.4/10. 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.