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Neighborhood · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally

Brousard Plaza Eviction Risk: Moderate , Gardere

Tract 22033004028 · East Baton Rouge Parish, LA · pop 3,264 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

In Brousard Plaza in Gardere, census tract 22033004028 scores 6.3/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 83% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,293 monthly, set against $46,083 in average yearly household income, roughly 34% of income at the averages. About 72% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 36% Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units1,502
Renter share72.4%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate34.4%
Median income$46,083

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Brousard Plaza
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Gardere
Very High
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#24 of 108 tracts In East Baton Rouge Parish
High
Within state
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#360 of 1,379 tracts In Louisiana
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Gardere and the region

Centroid at 30.3570, -91.1175 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brousard Plaza scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Gardere
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
34.4% poverty · this tract
8.6
Supply constraint
$1,293 rent vs county FMR
5.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gardere
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gardere
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gardere
7.7

How Brousard Plaza compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brousard Plaza risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.65.6This tracttract 004028Gardere: 2.82.8Gardereparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.64.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

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

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 Brousard Plaza

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Gardere eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the East Baton Rouge County average of 5.0 and above the Louisiana statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 70th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 27.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 21.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 22033004028

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22033004028?

Census tract 22033004028 in the Brousard Plaza neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 22033004028?

Median gross rent is $1,293/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 22033004028?

34.4% of residents in tract 22033004028 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,264.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 22033004028?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 22th, minority 75th, housing 63th.
Q5

Is tract 22033004028 considered part of Brousard Plaza?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 22033004028 fall within Brousard Plaza (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 22033004028 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.2% 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. 21.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 22033004028 compare to Gardere overall?

Tract 22033004028 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Gardere at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gardere eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gardere

Top eight tracts in Gardere ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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