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Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally

Lakewood Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Evansville

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

Tract 18163000204 sits in the Lakewood Hills area of Evansville eviction risk, IN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.3/10. Population here is 4,503. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
3.3
Lower
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.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Lakewood Hills
High
Within parent city
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#30 of 47 tracts In Evansville
Low
Within county
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#30 of 59 tracts In Vanderburgh County
Moderate
Within state
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#964 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Moderate
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 3.3

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.
Lakewood Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.3This tracttract 0002043.2Evansvilleparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

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

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lakewood Hills

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. Cost burden runs 32% here against 41.1% across Vanderburgh County.

17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10.

SNAP participation runs 6.7% against 15.2% nationally. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Evansville. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

That is riskier than roughly 27% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Vanderburgh County average of 3.7 closely. Average gross rent is $989, close to the Evansville average.

Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $61,316. 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 18163000204

Q1

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

Census tract 18163000204 in the Lakewood Hills neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 18163000204?

Median gross rent is $989/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

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.
Q4

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.
Q5

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).
Q6

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.
Q7

How does tract 18163000204 compare to Evansville overall?

Tract 18163000204 scores 3.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Evansville at 3.2/10. 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.
Q8

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.

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