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Norma Jean Addition Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lafayette

Tract 18157001502 · Tippecanoe County, IN · pop 6,032 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 18157001502 runs through the Norma Jean Addition area of Lafayette. With 6,032 residents, it scores 5.5/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 57% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 71% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,087 a month against an average household income of $62,083 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 11% Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units2,631
Renter share37.0%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate16.8%
Median income$62,083

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Norma Jean Addition
Moderate
Within parent city
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 24 tracts In Lafayette
Elevated
Within county
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 43 tracts In Tippecanoe County
Elevated
Within state
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#440 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lafayette and the region

Centroid at 40.3768, -86.8897 · click any tract to drill in

Why Norma Jean Addition scores 4.4

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
16.8% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,087 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 Norma Jean Addition compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Norma Jean Addition risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.44.4This tracttract 001502Lafayette: 2.42.4Lafayetteparent cityCounty: 4.24.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

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

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 Norma Jean Addition

The heaviest input here is 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 60th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.0% 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 18157001502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18157001502?

Census tract 18157001502 in the Norma Jean Addition neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 18157001502?

Median gross rent is $1,087/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18157001502?

16.8% of residents in tract 18157001502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,032.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18157001502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 81th, minority 43th, housing 24th.
Q5

Is tract 18157001502 considered part of Norma Jean Addition?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18157001502 fall within Norma Jean Addition (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 18157001502 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.4% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 18157001502 compare to Lafayette overall?

Tract 18157001502 scores 4.4/10, 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.

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