Within parent city
23
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Charles Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 22019001000 · Calcasieu Parish, LA · pop 4,162
22019001000 is a census tract in Lake Charles, LA. It scores 3.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,162 residents. Against Calcasieu Parish at 43.1%, 28% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units2,010
Renter share12.7%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$63,463
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lake Charles and the region
Centroid at 30.1874, -93.2272 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake Charles scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lake Charles
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.2
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,063 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lake Charles
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lake Charles
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lake Charles
3.0
How Lake Charles compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.7%Food insecurity
- 8.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 6.1%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 35.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lake Charles
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.5/10. It sits 0.7 points below the Calcasieu Parish average of 4.0. That is riskier than roughly 27% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Only 13% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 4.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the LA average is 4.4, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,063, close to the Lake Charles average.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $63,463.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 22019001000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22019001000?
Census tract 22019001000 in Lake Charles 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 22019001000?
Median gross rent is $1,063/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22019001000?
10.0% of residents in tract 22019001000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,162.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22019001000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 24th, minority 28th, housing 59th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22019001000 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22019001000 compare to Lake Charles overall?
Tract 22019001000 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Lake Charles at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lake Charles eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lake Charles
Top eight tracts in Lake Charles ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · LA
Greinwich Village
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22019001401
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22019001500
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22019000200
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22019001600
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22019000300
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22019000400
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22019000601
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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