Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Lafayette Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 22055000200 · Lafayette Parish, LA · pop 1,926
Tract 22055000200 sits in Lafayette eviction risk, LA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. It is home to 1,926 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units897
Renter share46.7%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate31.9%
Median income$33,582
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lafayette and the region
Centroid at 30.2200, -92.0034 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lafayette scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lafayette
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
31.9% poverty · this tract
8.0
Supply constraint
$968 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lafayette
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lafayette
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lafayette
3.0
How Lafayette compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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.
- 32.7%Housing insecurity
- 26.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 46.4%Food insecurity
- 45.9%SNAP enrollment
- 22.3%Transit barriers
- 13.9%No health insurance
- 22.0%Frequent mental distress
- 49.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lafayette
Disability prevalence runs 49.0% against 31.5% nationally. Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income of $33,582, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 26.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8/10. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
It sits 1.1 points above the Lafayette Parish average of 4.0. 40% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Lafayette Parish average of 44.6%. Average gross rent is $968, 12% below the Lafayette average.
That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 22055000200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22055000200?
Census tract 22055000200 in Lafayette scores 5.1/10 (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 22055000200?
Median gross rent is $968/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22055000200?
31.9% of residents in tract 22055000200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,926.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22055000200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 34th, minority 83th, housing 71th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22055000200 struggle to pay rent?
About 32.7% 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. 26.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22055000200 compare to Lafayette overall?
Tract 22055000200 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Lafayette at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lafayette eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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5.1
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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