Within parent city
42
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Charles Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 22019001907 · Calcasieu Parish, LA · pop 2,635
22019001907 is a census tract in Lake Charles, LA. It scores 4/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,635. Severe burden reaches 43%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,224
Renter share58.4%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate14.9%
Median income$52,059
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lake Charles and the region
Centroid at 30.1780, -93.2472 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake Charles scores 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
14.9% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,244 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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.
- 11.7%Housing insecurity
- 8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.4%Food insecurity
- 10.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.2%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 30.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lake Charles
64% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Calcasieu Parish average of 43.1%. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10. Average gross rent is $1,244, 12% above the Lake Charles average.
Nationally it ranks #48,956 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 4.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Calcasieu Parish average of 4.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $52,059.
58% 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 22019001907
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22019001907?
Census tract 22019001907 in Lake Charles scores 4/10 (Moderate 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 22019001907?
Median gross rent is $1,244/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22019001907?
14.9% of residents in tract 22019001907 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,635.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22019001907?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 27th, minority 45th, housing 15th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22019001907 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.7% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22019001907 compare to Lake Charles overall?
Tract 22019001907 scores 4/10, higher 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.
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