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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Austin Cove Eviction Risk: Lower , Lafayette

Tract 22055001423 · Lafayette Parish, LA · pop 3,478 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

22055001423 is a census tract in the Austin Cove area of Lafayette, LA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,478. Cost burden runs 9% here against 44.6% across Lafayette Parish.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 18% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,637
Renter share20.0%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate2.7%
Median income$125,647

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Austin Cove
Very High
Within parent city
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#31 of 38 tracts In Lafayette
Very Low
Within county
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#52 of 58 tracts In Lafayette Parish
Very Low
Within state
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#1,090 of 1,379 tracts In Louisiana
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lafayette and the region

Centroid at 30.1818, -92.0292 · click any tract to drill in

Why Austin Cove scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
2.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,477 rent vs county FMR
9.0
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 Austin Cove compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Austin Cove risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0014233.7Lafayetteparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 5

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Austin Cove. 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 Austin Cove

The voucher gap is 40.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. At $1,477 a month, rents run 34% over what the rest of Lafayette commands.

Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, supply constraint reads 9/10.

SNAP participation runs 3.4% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 1.0 points below the Lafayette Parish average of 4.0. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.8% against 11.3% nationally.

On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 20% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.5/10. Against average income of $125,647, annual rent is just 14%. Statewide the LA average is 4.4, so this tract runs 1.4 points cooler.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 22055001423

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22055001423?

Census tract 22055001423 in the Austin Cove neighborhood 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 22055001423?

Median gross rent is $1,477/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 9% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 22055001423?

2.7% of residents in tract 22055001423 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,478.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 22055001423?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 8th, minority 22th, housing 25th.
Q5

Is tract 22055001423 considered part of Austin Cove?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 22055001423 fall within Austin Cove (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 22055001423 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.1% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 22055001423 compare to Lafayette overall?

Tract 22055001423 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lafayette

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

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