Within parent city
57
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Lafayette Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 22055000602 · Lafayette Parish, LA · pop 4,838
Census tract 22055000602 covers part of Lafayette, LA, and scores 4/10 on landlord eviction risk. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,894
Renter share53.5%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate16.7%
Median income$63,661
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lafayette and the region
Centroid at 30.2265, -92.0449 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lafayette scores 4
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
16.7% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,116 rent vs county FMR
5.6
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: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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.
- 13.1%Housing insecurity
- 9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.3%Food insecurity
- 13.7%SNAP enrollment
- 9.6%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 33.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lafayette
16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.5/10.
41% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Lafayette Parish average of 4.0 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,116, close to the Lafayette average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $63,661.
54% 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 22055000602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22055000602?
Census tract 22055000602 in Lafayette 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 22055000602?
Median gross rent is $1,116/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22055000602?
16.7% of residents in tract 22055000602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,838.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22055000602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 44th, minority 47th, housing 49th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22055000602 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.1% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22055000602 compare to Lafayette overall?
Tract 22055000602 scores 4/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lafayette
Top eight tracts in Lafayette ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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22055001100
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22055001201
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22055000100
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22055001302
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22055001802
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22055000200
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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22055000603
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22055000700
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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