Within parent city
27
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Charles Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 22019001905 · Calcasieu Parish, LA · pop 3,734 · 83% of tract blocks fall in Lake Charles
Tract 22019001905 sits in Lake Charles eviction risk, LA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.4/10. Population here is 3,734. Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,488
Renter share47.8%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$62,045
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lake Charles and the region
Centroid at 30.1684, -93.2407 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake Charles scores 3.4
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
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,223 rent vs county FMR
5.7
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: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%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.
- 14.8%Housing insecurity
- 10.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.4%Food insecurity
- 16.4%SNAP enrollment
- 10.8%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 19.7%Frequent mental distress
- 38.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lake Charles
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.8/10.
47% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Calcasieu Parish average of 43.1%. It sits 0.6 points below the Calcasieu Parish average of 4.0.
Average gross rent is $1,223, 10% above the Lake Charles average. Nationally it ranks #59,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.5/10.
Statewide the LA average is 4.4, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $62,045. 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.
Frequently asked
About tract 22019001905
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22019001905?
Census tract 22019001905 in Lake Charles scores 3.4/10 (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 22019001905?
Median gross rent is $1,223/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22019001905?
11.3% of residents in tract 22019001905 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,734.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22019001905?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 29th, minority 50th, housing 64th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22019001905 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.8% 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. 10.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22019001905 compare to Lake Charles overall?
Tract 22019001905 scores 3.4/10, 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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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22019001401
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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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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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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