Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally

Lakewood Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Evansville

Tract 18163000204 · Vanderburgh County, IN · pop 4,503 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

How risky is the Lakewood Hills area of Evansville for landlords? Census tract 18163000204 scores 4.4/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #66,767 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 32% of renter households, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $989 a month while the average household earns $61,316 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 22% Owners 68%

Tract context

Occupied units2,483

Renter share32.5%

SVI overall0.62

Poverty rate13.9%

Median income$61,316

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Evansville and the region

Centroid at 38.0065, -87.5042 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lakewood Hills scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Evansville

3.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.5

State political climate

Indiana legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

13.9% poverty · this tract

3.5

Supply constraint

$989 rent vs county FMR

4.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Evansville

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Evansville

2.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Evansville

2.0

How Lakewood Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

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

32%Socioeconomic
90%Household composition
37%Racial/ethnic minority
76%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Lakewood Hills. 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.

9.6%Housing insecurity
7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
12.4%Food insecurity
6.7%SNAP enrollment
6.9%Transit barriers
7.7%No health insurance
17.1%Frequent mental distress
30.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lakewood Hills

What moves this score most is supply constraint at 4.4/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Evansville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Vanderburgh County average of 4.8 and in line with the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 9.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 18163000204

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18163000204?

Census tract 18163000204 in the Lakewood Hills neighborhood scores 4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 18163000204?

Median gross rent is $989/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18163000204?

13.9% of residents in tract 18163000204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,503.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18163000204?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 90th, minority 37th, housing 76th.

Is tract 18163000204 considered part of Lakewood Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18163000204 fall within Lakewood Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18163000204 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.6% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18163000204 compare to Evansville overall?

Tract 18163000204 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Evansville at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Evansville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 18163000204 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Evansville

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