Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Austin Cove Eviction Risk: Lower , Lafayette
Tract 22055001600 · Lafayette Parish, LA · pop 3,445 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Tract 22055001600 sits in the Austin Cove area of Lafayette eviction risk, LA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 3,445. The voucher gap is 46.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,412
Renter share13.0%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate2.6%
Median income$118,403
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lafayette and the region
Centroid at 30.1890, -92.0453 · click any tract to drill in
Why Austin Cove 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
2.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,538 rent vs county FMR
9.6
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 Austin Cove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 3%Housing & transportation
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.
- 5.2%Housing insecurity
- 3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.9%Food insecurity
- 3.7%SNAP enrollment
- 3.9%Transit barriers
- 3.7%No health insurance
- 13.0%Frequent mental distress
- 25.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Austin Cove
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 9.6/10. Average gross rent is $1,538, 40% above the Lafayette average.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10.
Against Lafayette Parish at 44.6%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened. 20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
It sits 1.0 points below the Lafayette Parish average of 4.0. Housing insecurity runs 5.2% against 14.2% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.7% against 11.3% nationally.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 13% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.2/10. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $118,403, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 22055001600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22055001600?
Census tract 22055001600 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 22055001600?
Median gross rent is $1,538/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22055001600?
2.6% of residents in tract 22055001600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,445.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22055001600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 47th, minority 6th, housing 3th.
Q5
Is tract 22055001600 considered part of Austin Cove?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 22055001600 fall within Austin Cove (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 22055001600 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.2% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 22055001600 compare to Lafayette overall?
Tract 22055001600 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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