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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 covers part of the Eastwich area of Lafayette, IN, and scores 3.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,031 residents. Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 49.7% across Tippecanoe County.

Risk score

3.4

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.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lafayette and the region

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

Why Eastwich scores 3.4

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

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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

79%Socioeconomic
69%Household composition
64%Racial/ethnic minority
84%Housing & transportation

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.

16.5%Housing insecurity
11.6%Utility-shutoff threat
22.5%Food insecurity
14.1%SNAP enrollment
11.1%Transit barriers
15.9%No health insurance
19.0%Frequent mental distress
36.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Eastwich

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.7/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10.

Against the Tippecanoe County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.5/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,146, close to the Lafayette average.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $56,696. 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 18157001800

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

Census tract 18157001800 in the Eastwich neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 18157001800?

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

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.

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.

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).

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.

How does tract 18157001800 compare to Lafayette overall?

Tract 18157001800 scores 3.4/10, lower than 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lafayette

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