Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Happy Hollow Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lafayette
Tract 18157005200 · Tippecanoe County, IN · pop 4,601 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
18157005200 is a census tract in the Happy Hollow Heights area of West Lafayette, IN. It scores 4.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,601. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
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 parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
80
th percentile
High
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 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%Housing & transportation
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.
- 7.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.5%Food insecurity
- 4.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 5.3%No health insurance
- 14.6%Frequent mental distress
- 22.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Happy Hollow Heights
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.6/10. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 9.5/10.
The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Average gross rent is $913, 25% below the West Lafayette average. Against Tippecanoe County at 49.7%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened.
SNAP participation runs 4.1% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 8.5% against 17.8% nationally.
On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.5/10.
Against average income of $82,578, annual rent is just 13%. Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Tippecanoe County average of 4.5 closely. 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
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 4.7/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
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 4.7/10, higher 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.
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