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Southern View Eviction Risk: Lower , Lafayette

Tract 18157001603 · Tippecanoe County, IN · pop 6,286 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 18157001603 sits in the Southern View area of Lafayette eviction risk, Indiana eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. It lands near the 46th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

47% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,197 monthly, set against $88,015 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.1

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 14% Owners 74%

Tract context

Occupied units2,478

Renter share26.4%

SVI overall0.15

Poverty rate7.4%

Median income$88,015

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lafayette and the region

Centroid at 40.3620, -86.8805 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southern View scores 3.1

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

7.4% poverty · this tract

1.9

Supply constraint

$1,197 rent vs county FMR

5.3

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 Southern View compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 15

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

13%Socioeconomic
55%Household composition
40%Racial/ethnic minority
11%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.

8.5%Housing insecurity
6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
9.1%Food insecurity
4.6%SNAP enrollment
5.5%Transit barriers
6.4%No health insurance
15.9%Frequent mental distress
22.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Southern View

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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 15th 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18157001603

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18157001603?

Census tract 18157001603 in the Southern View neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 18157001603?

Median gross rent is $1,197/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18157001603?

7.4% of residents in tract 18157001603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,286.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18157001603?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 55th, minority 40th, housing 11th.

Is tract 18157001603 considered part of Southern View?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18157001603 fall within Southern View (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18157001603 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.5% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18157001603 compare to Lafayette overall?

Tract 18157001603 scores 3.1/10, 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.