Neighborhood · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally

Discovery Park District Eviction Risk: Moderate , West Lafayette

Tract 18157010400 · Tippecanoe County, IN · pop 7,685 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 18157010400 sits in the Discovery Park District area of West Lafayette eviction risk, IN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.1/10. Population here is 7,685. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.

Risk score

4.1

Moderate

Confidence 30% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 0% Owners 100%

Tract context

SVI overall-10.00

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across West Lafayette and the region

Centroid at 40.4279, -86.9251 · click any tract to drill in

Why Discovery Park District scores 4.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from West Lafayette

5.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.0

State political climate

Indiana legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

this tract poverty rate

3.0

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from West Lafayette

9.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from West Lafayette

9.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from West Lafayette

9.5

How Discovery Park District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: -1,000

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

-1,000%Socioeconomic
-1,000%Household composition
54%Racial/ethnic minority
-1,000%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Discovery Park District. 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.

17.7%Housing insecurity
14.0%Utility-shutoff threat
30.0%Food insecurity
18.9%SNAP enrollment
21.4%Transit barriers
11.0%No health insurance
32.5%Frequent mental distress
39.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Discovery Park District

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.6/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 9.5/10. Food insecurity runs 30.0% against 17.8% nationally.

Nationally it ranks #47,371 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Model confidence here is 30%, lower than typical because some ACS inputs for this tract carry wide margins of error, so read the score as a band, not a point.

It tracks the Tippecanoe County average of 4.5 closely.

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 18157010400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18157010400?

Census tract 18157010400 in the Discovery Park District neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18157010400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the -1000th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic -1000th, household -1000th, minority 54th, housing -1000th.

Is tract 18157010400 considered part of Discovery Park District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18157010400 fall within Discovery Park District (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18157010400 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.7% 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. 14.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18157010400 compare to West Lafayette overall?

Tract 18157010400 scores 4.1/10, lower than the parent city of West Lafayette at 5.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West 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 West Lafayette

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