Within parent city
3
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Lafayette Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 22055001413 · Lafayette Parish, LA · pop 4,134 · 28% of tract blocks fall in Lafayette
22055001413 is a census tract in Lafayette, LA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,134 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,502
Renter share26.7%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate13.6%
Median income$109,375
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lafayette and the region
Centroid at 30.1361, -92.0967 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lafayette scores 3
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
13.6% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$880 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.6%Food insecurity
- 9.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 29.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lafayette
Against Lafayette Parish at 44.6%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
Average gross rent is $880, 20% below the Lafayette average. Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Against the Lafayette Parish average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.8/10. Against average income of $109,375, annual rent is just 10%. Statewide the LA average is 4.4, so this tract runs 1.4 points cooler.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. 27% 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 22055001413
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22055001413?
Census tract 22055001413 in Lafayette scores 3/10 (Lower 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 22055001413?
Median gross rent is $880/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22055001413?
13.6% of residents in tract 22055001413 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,134.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22055001413?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 25th, minority 59th, housing 25th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22055001413 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22055001413 compare to Lafayette overall?
Tract 22055001413 scores 3/10, lower 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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