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Eastwich Eviction Risk: Lower , Lafayette

Tract 18157001800 · Tippecanoe County, IN · pop 4,031 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Census tract 18157001800 sits in Eastwich in Lafayette eviction risk, Indiana eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. That is riskier than roughly 32% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 35% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,146 a month against an average household income of $56,696 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 40% Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,813
Renter share61.5%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$56,696

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Eastwich
Elevated
Within parent city
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 24 tracts In Lafayette
Low
Within county
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 43 tracts In Tippecanoe County
Low
Within state
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#718 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lafayette and the region

Centroid at 40.4103, -86.8445 · click any tract to drill in

Why Eastwich scores 3.7

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
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,146 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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 Eastwich compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Eastwich risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.73.7This tracttract 001800Lafayette: 2.42.4Lafayetteparent cityCounty: 4.24.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Eastwich. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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 Eastwich

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 in line with the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 83rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 16.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.6% 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 18157001800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18157001800?

Census tract 18157001800 in the Eastwich neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 average rent in tract 18157001800?

Median gross rent is $1,146/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18157001800?

7.0% of residents in tract 18157001800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,031.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18157001800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 69th, minority 64th, housing 84th.
Q5

Is tract 18157001800 considered part of Eastwich?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18157001800 fall within Eastwich (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 18157001800 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.5% 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. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 18157001800 compare to Lafayette overall?

Tract 18157001800 scores 3.7/10, 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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