Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Somerset Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Sterlington
Tract 22073010302 ·
Ouachita Parish, LA · pop 4,346 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
22073010302 is a census tract in the Somerset Park area of Sterlington, LA. It scores 3.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,346 residents. Against Ouachita Parish at 51.0%, 27% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%Stable renters 19%Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,637
Renter share25.6%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate18.5%
Median income$68,813
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Somerset Park
Moderate
Within parent city
100th percentile
#1 of 2 tracts In Sterlington
Very High
Within county
33th percentile
#32 of 47 tracts In Ouachita Parish
Low
Within state
36th percentile
#877 of 1,379 tracts In Louisiana
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sterlington and the region
Centroid at 32.6477, -92.0944 · click any tract to drill in
Why Somerset Park scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Sterlington
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
18.5% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$956 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sterlington
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sterlington
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sterlington
6.1
How Somerset Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
70%Socioeconomic
71%Household composition
53%Racial/ethnic minority
30%Housing & transportation
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.
16.3%Housing insecurity
12.2%Utility-shutoff threat
20.6%Food insecurity
16.7%SNAP enrollment
10.6%Transit barriers
7.1%No health insurance
19.6%Frequent mental distress
35.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Somerset Park
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.2/10.
Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Against the Ouachita Parish average of 4.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. At $956 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Sterlington commands. That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.4/10. Against average income of $68,813, annual rent is just 17%.
26% 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 22073010302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22073010302?
Census tract 22073010302 in the Somerset Park neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 22073010302?
Median gross rent is $956/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22073010302?
18.5% of residents in tract 22073010302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,346.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22073010302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 71th, minority 53th, housing 30th.
Q5
Is tract 22073010302 considered part of Somerset Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 22073010302 fall within Somerset Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 22073010302 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.3% 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. 12.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 22073010302 compare to Sterlington overall?
Tract 22073010302 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Sterlington at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sterlington; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sterlington
Top eight tracts in Sterlington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.