Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Bois de Lafayette Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 22055001500 · Lafayette Parish, LA · pop 5,407 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 22055001500 covers part of the Bois de Lafayette area of Lafayette, LA, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. 35% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units2,544
Renter share35.3%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$108,151
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lafayette and the region
Centroid at 30.1986, -92.0283 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bois de 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
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,002 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 Bois de Lafayette compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Bois de Lafayette. 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.
- 7.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.8%Food insecurity
- 6.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 28.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bois de Lafayette
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Against the Lafayette Parish average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.
Food insecurity runs 8.8% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 6.2% against 15.2% nationally. Against Lafayette Parish at 44.6%, 40% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10. At $1,002 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Lafayette commands.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Against average income of $108,151, annual rent is just 11%. Statewide the LA average is 4.4, so this tract runs 1.4 points cooler.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 22055001500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22055001500?
Census tract 22055001500 in the Bois de Lafayette 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 22055001500?
Median gross rent is $1,002/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22055001500?
13.0% of residents in tract 22055001500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,407.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22055001500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 87th, minority 35th, housing 41th.
Q5
Is tract 22055001500 considered part of Bois de Lafayette?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 22055001500 fall within Bois de Lafayette (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 22055001500 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.2% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 22055001500 compare to Lafayette overall?
Tract 22055001500 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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/ 10 · Moderate
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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