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Neighborhood · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally

Rainybrook Neighborhood Eviction Risk: Lower , Lafayette

Tract 18157001601 · Tippecanoe County, IN · pop 1,601 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 18157001601 covers the Rainybrook Neighborhood area of Lafayette, home to 1,601 residents. For landlords it grades 5.2/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 46% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

100% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $74,728 a year. About 0% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 0% Owners 100%
Tract context
Occupied units751
Renter share0.4%
SVI overall0.00
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$74,728

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Rainybrook Neighborhood
Moderate
Within parent city
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 24 tracts In Lafayette
Very Low
Within county
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#32 of 43 tracts In Tippecanoe County
Low
Within state
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#924 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lafayette and the region

Centroid at 40.3525, -86.9104 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rainybrook Neighborhood scores 3.3

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
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Rainybrook Neighborhood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Rainybrook Neighborhood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.33.3This tracttract 001601Lafayette: 2.42.4Lafayetteparent cityCounty: 4.24.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 0

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 Rainybrook Neighborhood

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 safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 0th 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 6.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.8% 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 18157001601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18157001601?

Census tract 18157001601 in the Rainybrook Neighborhood neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 18157001601?

4.4% of residents in tract 18157001601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,601.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 18157001601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 0th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 2th, minority 15th, housing 0th.
Q4

Is tract 18157001601 considered part of Rainybrook Neighborhood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18157001601 fall within Rainybrook Neighborhood (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q5

What share of households in tract 18157001601 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.5% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 18157001601 compare to Lafayette overall?

Tract 18157001601 scores 3.3/10, 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

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

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