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Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally

Westwego Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 22051027100 · Jefferson Parish, LA · pop 3,387 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Westwego

22051027100 is a census tract in Westwego, LA. It scores 5/10 for landlords. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 21% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,537
Renter share53.0%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate17.3%
Median income$54,410

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Westwego
Very Low
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#35 of 127 tracts In Jefferson Parish
Elevated
Within state
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#441 of 1,379 tracts In Louisiana
Elevated
National
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#32,842 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Westwego and the region

Centroid at 29.8945, -90.1522 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westwego scores 5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Westwego
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
17.3% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,078 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westwego
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westwego
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westwego
8.1

How Westwego compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Westwego risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.05.0This tracttract 027100Westwego: 4.54.5Westwegoparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.44.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 61

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westwego

Cost burden runs 61% here against 47.9% across Jefferson Parish. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.1/10.

On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.1/10. Against the Jefferson Parish average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points.

That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,078, close to the Westwego average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $54,410.

53% 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 22051027100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22051027100?

Census tract 22051027100 in Westwego scores 5/10 (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 22051027100?

Median gross rent is $1,078/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 22051027100?

17.3% of residents in tract 22051027100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,387.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 22051027100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 82th, minority 62th, housing 36th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 22051027100 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.9% 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. 12.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 22051027100 compare to Westwego overall?

Tract 22051027100 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Westwego at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westwego; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Westwego

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

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