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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 belongs to the McCutcheon Heights area of Lafayette, Indiana. It is home to 3,279 residents and scores 5.1/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 43% of US census tracts.

About 36% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,143 a month against an average household income of $65,065 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 10% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.1

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 4.1

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

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

What moves this score most 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 below 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 14.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 54th 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18157001602

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

Census tract 18157001602 in the McCutcheon Heights neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 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 4.1/10, 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.