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Neighborhood · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally

Happy Hollow Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Lafayette

Tract 18157005200 · Tippecanoe County, IN · pop 4,601 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

The Happy Hollow Heights area of Lafayette is where census tract 18157005200 sits, home to 4,601 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.7/10. It lands near the 65th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 58% of renter households, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $913 a month against an average household income of $82,578 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 42% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 18% Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units2,205
Renter share41.9%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate11.0%
Median income$82,578

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Happy Hollow Heights
Very Low
Within parent city
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 13 tracts In Lafayette
Low
Within county
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#28 of 43 tracts In Tippecanoe County
Low
Within state
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#768 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lafayette and the region

Centroid at 40.4432, -86.9070 · click any tract to drill in

Why Happy Hollow Heights scores 3.6

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
11.0% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$913 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lafayette
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lafayette
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lafayette
9.5

How Happy Hollow Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Happy Hollow Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.63.6This tracttract 005200Lafayette: 2.42.4Lafayetteparent cityCounty: 4.24.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 17

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Happy Hollow Heights. 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 Happy Hollow Heights

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. 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 riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.4% 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 18157005200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18157005200?

Census tract 18157005200 in the Happy Hollow Heights neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 18157005200?

Median gross rent is $913/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18157005200?

11.0% of residents in tract 18157005200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,601.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18157005200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 21th, minority 28th, housing 38th.
Q5

Is tract 18157005200 considered part of Happy Hollow Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18157005200 fall within Happy Hollow Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 18157005200 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.2% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 18157005200 compare to Lafayette overall?

Tract 18157005200 scores 3.6/10, 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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