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McCutcheon Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lafayette

Tract 18157001602 · Tippecanoe County, IN · pop 3,279 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 18157001602 covers part of the McCutcheon Heights area of Lafayette, IN, and scores 4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,279. 36% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 6% Owners 90%

Tract context

Occupied units1,167

Renter share10.0%

SVI overall0.54

Poverty rate14.6%

Median income$65,065

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lafayette and the region

Centroid at 40.3516, -86.8916 · click any tract to drill in

Why McCutcheon Heights scores 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

14.6% poverty · this tract

3.6

Supply constraint

$1,143 rent vs county FMR

4.8

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 McCutcheon Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 54

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

70%Socioeconomic
66%Household composition
15%Racial/ethnic minority
31%Housing & transportation

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.

14.2%Housing insecurity
10.5%Utility-shutoff threat
18.2%Food insecurity
11.5%SNAP enrollment
9.6%Transit barriers
11.4%No health insurance
19.9%Frequent mental distress
31.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in McCutcheon Heights

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. 36% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Tippecanoe County average of 49.7%. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 10% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. It tracks the Tippecanoe County average of 4.5 closely. Average gross rent is $1,143, close to the Lafayette average.

Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $65,065.

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 18157001602

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18157001602?

Census tract 18157001602 in the McCutcheon Heights neighborhood scores 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.

What is the average rent in tract 18157001602?

Median gross rent is $1,143/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18157001602?

14.6% of residents in tract 18157001602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,279.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18157001602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 66th, minority 15th, housing 31th.

Is tract 18157001602 considered part of McCutcheon Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18157001602 fall within McCutcheon Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18157001602 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.2% 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. 10.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18157001602 compare to Lafayette overall?

Tract 18157001602 scores 4/10, 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.

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