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Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally

Abita Springs Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 22103040105 · St. Tammany Parish, LA · pop 5,683 · 49% of tract blocks fall in Abita Springs

How risky is Abita Springs in St. Tammany County for landlords? Census tract 22103040105 scores 4.4/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 20% of US census tracts.

63% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,169 a month while the average household earns $71,736 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 18% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 6% Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units2,176
Renter share17.6%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate11.8%
Median income$71,736

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Abita Springs
Very High
Within county
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#38 of 59 tracts In St. Tammany Parish
Low
Within state
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#1,182 of 1,379 tracts In Louisiana
Very Low
National
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#58,384 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Abita Springs and the region

Centroid at 30.4638, -89.9309 · click any tract to drill in

Why Abita Springs scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Abita Springs
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.8
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
11.8% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,169 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Abita Springs
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Abita Springs
2.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Abita Springs
4.1

How Abita Springs compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Abita Springs risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.03.0This tracttract 040105Abita Springs: 2.42.4Abita Springsparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.64.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 44

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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 Abita Springs

What moves this score most is housing court bias at 4.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Abita Springs, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the St. Tammany County average of 4.7 and below the Louisiana statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 44th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 22103040105

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22103040105?

Census tract 22103040105 in Abita Springs 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 22103040105?

Median gross rent is $1,169/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 22103040105?

11.8% of residents in tract 22103040105 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,683.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 22103040105?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 69th, minority 40th, housing 13th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 22103040105 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.7% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 22103040105 compare to Abita Springs overall?

Tract 22103040105 scores 3/10, higher than the parent city of Abita Springs at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Abita Springs; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Abita Springs

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

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