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Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally

Park Place Eviction Risk: Lower , Lake Charles

Tract 22019001302 · Calcasieu Parish, LA · pop 3,761 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Tract 22019001302 sits in the Park Place area of Lake Charles eviction risk, LA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.8/10. It is home to 3,761 residents. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 16% Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,534
Renter share26.1%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate14.8%
Median income$63,533

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Park Place
Very Low
Within parent city
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#18 of 27 tracts In Lake Charles
Low
Within county
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#30 of 56 tracts In Calcasieu Parish
Moderate
Within state
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#844 of 1,379 tracts In Louisiana
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lake Charles and the region

Centroid at 30.1701, -93.2232 · click any tract to drill in

Why Park Place scores 3.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
14.8% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,173 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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 Park Place compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Park Place risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.8This tracttract 0013023.7Lake Charlesparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 42

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Park Place. 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 Park Place

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. 37% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Calcasieu Parish average of 43.1%.

Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10. On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 4.7/10 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 Calcasieu Parish average of 4.0 closely. Average gross rent is $1,173, close to the Lake Charles average.

Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $63,533. 26% 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 22019001302

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22019001302?

Census tract 22019001302 in the Park Place neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 22019001302?

Median gross rent is $1,173/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 22019001302?

14.8% of residents in tract 22019001302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,761.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 22019001302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 94th, minority 38th, housing 46th.
Q5

Is tract 22019001302 considered part of Park Place?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 22019001302 fall within Park Place (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 22019001302 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.4% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 22019001302 compare to Lake Charles overall?

Tract 22019001302 scores 3.8/10, right in line with 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.

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