Within parent city
12
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Charles Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 22019001901 · Calcasieu Parish, LA · pop 4,486 · 74% of tract blocks fall in Lake Charles
Tract 22019001901 sits in Lake Charles eviction risk, LA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. The dominant input is supply constraint at 10/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,561
Renter share10.2%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate2.8%
Median income$108,958
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lake Charles and the region
Centroid at 30.1913, -93.2575 · 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
2.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,783 rent vs county FMR
10.0
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: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%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.
- 6.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.1%Food insecurity
- 5.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 4.7%No health insurance
- 14.1%Frequent mental distress
- 30.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lake Charles
At $1,783 a month, rents run 61% over what the rest of Lake Charles commands. The voucher gap is 55.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
SNAP participation runs 5.2% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 8.1% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 1.0 points below the Calcasieu Parish average of 4.0.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 10% 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.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.3/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 22019001901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22019001901?
Census tract 22019001901 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 22019001901?
Median gross rent is $1,783/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22019001901?
2.8% of residents in tract 22019001901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,486.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22019001901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 48th, minority 12th, housing 5th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22019001901 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.7% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22019001901 compare to Lake Charles overall?
Tract 22019001901 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.
Tract · LA
Greinwich Village
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22019001401
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22019000200
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22019001500
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22019000300
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22019001600
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22019000400
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22019000601
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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