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Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally

Lake Forest Eviction Risk: Elevated , New Orleans

Tract 22071001756 · Orleans Parish, LA · pop 1,868 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 6.3/10, tract 22071001756 in the Lake Forest area of New Orleans, LA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,868 residents. 59% 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
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 45% Stable renters 25% Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units766
Renter share69.8%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate22.8%
Median income$33,813

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Lake Forest
Moderate
Within parent city
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#67 of 184 tracts In New Orleans
Elevated
Within county
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#65 of 184 tracts In Orleans Parish
Elevated
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#115 of 1,379 tracts In Louisiana
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across New Orleans and the region

Centroid at 30.0258, -89.9964 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lake Forest scores 6.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from New Orleans
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
22.8% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$1,112 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from New Orleans
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New Orleans
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from New Orleans
4.5

How Lake Forest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lake Forest risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.3This tracttract 0017565.3New Orleansparent city5.4Countyavg tract in county4.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

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

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 276Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 10.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.35×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-03-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked New Orleans, LA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Lake Forest. 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 Lake Forest

Food insecurity runs 38.5% against 17.8% nationally. Against Orleans Parish at 51.4%, 64% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Set annual rent against average income of $33,813 and the ratio lands at 39%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The score leans hardest on regional political climate at 8.4/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 25.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

This is renter territory: 70% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Against the Orleans Parish average of 5.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.

Average gross rent is $1,112, 11% below the New Orleans average. On the national scale it lands near the 80th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 8.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 22071001756

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22071001756?

Census tract 22071001756 in the Lake Forest neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (Elevated 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 22071001756?

Median gross rent is $1,112/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 22071001756?

22.8% of residents in tract 22071001756 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,868.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 22071001756?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 66th, minority 98th, housing 45th.
Q5

Is tract 22071001756 considered part of Lake Forest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 22071001756 fall within Lake Forest (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 22071001756 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.35× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (New Orleans eviction risk, LA), 2020-2021.
Q7

What share of households in tract 22071001756 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.0% 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. 25.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 22071001756 compare to New Orleans overall?

Tract 22071001756 scores 6.3/10, higher than the parent city of New Orleans at 5.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New Orleans eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in New Orleans

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

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