Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Houma Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 22109000601 · Terrebonne Parish, LA · pop 2,934 · 62% of tract blocks fall in Houma
22109000601 is a census tract in Houma, LA. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,934 residents. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units942
Renter share43.7%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate46.3%
Median income$36,042
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
83
th percentile
High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houma and the region
Centroid at 29.6171, -90.6911 · click any tract to drill in
Why Houma scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Houma
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
46.3% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$970 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Houma
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Houma
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Houma
7.9
How Houma compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%Housing & transportation
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.
- 25.3%Housing insecurity
- 21.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 39.8%Food insecurity
- 40.2%SNAP enrollment
- 19.4%Transit barriers
- 14.5%No health insurance
- 25.6%Frequent mental distress
- 50.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Houma
The poverty rate is 46%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Disability prevalence runs 50.7% against 31.5% nationally. Set annual rent against average income of $36,042 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Terrebonne Parish average of 4.0.
Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.9/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 21.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Against Terrebonne Parish at 36.9%, 42% of renters here are cost-burdened. At $970 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Houma commands. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 7.5/10 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 22109000601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22109000601?
Census tract 22109000601 in Houma scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 22109000601?
Median gross rent is $970/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22109000601?
46.3% of residents in tract 22109000601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,934.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22109000601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 76th, minority 43th, housing 47th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22109000601 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.3% 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. 21.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22109000601 compare to Houma overall?
Tract 22109000601 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Houma at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Houma eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Houma
Top eight tracts in Houma ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · LA
22109000501
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22109000701
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22109000702
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22109000902
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22109000800
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22109000901
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22109001201
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22109000502
3.8
/ 10 · Low
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