Lake Charles Eviction Risk: Moderate

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Food insecurity runs 36.3% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 33.4% against 15.2% nationally.

22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Average gross rent is $804, 28% below the Lake Charles average. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2/10.

The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10.

It sits 1.1 points above the Calcasieu Parish average of 4.0. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.9/10.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $48,279.

48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.