Within parent city
8
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Charles Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 22019001402 · Calcasieu Parish, LA · pop 3,828
Census tract 22019001402 covers part of Lake Charles, LA, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,828 residents. Against Calcasieu Parish at 43.1%, 18% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,267
Renter share12.1%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate14.9%
Median income$98,324
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
20
th percentile
Low
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lake Charles and the region
Centroid at 30.2547, -93.1879 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake Charles scores 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
14.9% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$941 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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.
- 20.4%Housing insecurity
- 15.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.4%Food insecurity
- 22.3%SNAP enrollment
- 13.1%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 39.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lake Charles
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
Against the Calcasieu Parish average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. At $941 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Lake Charles commands.
On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10. SNAP participation runs 22.3% against 15.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 12% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.8/10. Against average income of $98,324, annual rent is just 11%.
Statewide the LA average is 4.4, so this tract runs 1.4 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 22019001402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22019001402?
Census tract 22019001402 in Lake Charles scores 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 22019001402?
Median gross rent is $941/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22019001402?
14.9% of residents in tract 22019001402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,828.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22019001402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 50th, minority 95th, housing 7th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22019001402 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.4% 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. 15.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22019001402 compare to Lake Charles overall?
Tract 22019001402 scores 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.
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22019001401
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22019000200
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22019001500
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22019000300
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22019001600
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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