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CityScape Flats Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fort Wayne

Tract 18003001700 · Allen County, IN · pop 2,563 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

18003001700 is a census tract in the CityScape Flats area of Fort Wayne, IN. It scores 4.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,563. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 42% Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units902
Renter share79.8%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate50.0%
Median income$30,313

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In CityScape Flats
Very Low
Within parent city
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 79 tracts In Fort Wayne
High
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#27 of 96 tracts In Allen County
Elevated
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#370 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region

Centroid at 41.0646, -85.1188 · click any tract to drill in

Why CityScape Flats scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Fort Wayne
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
50.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$941 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Wayne
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Wayne
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Wayne
2.0

How CityScape Flats compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CityScape Flats risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.6This tracttract 0017003.2Fort Wayneparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 206Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 15.52%Avg annual filing rate
  • 17.2%Peak (2018)
  • 114Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within CityScape Flats. 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 CityScape Flats

Housing insecurity runs 41.2% against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 50%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. 80% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income of $30,313, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. Against Allen County at 38.5%, 47% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Adults with no health insurance runs 23.3% against 11.3% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 206 filings here across 2 tracked years. It sits 0.9 points above the Allen County average of 3.7.

Severe burden reaches 9%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The worst year on record was 2018, when 17.2% of renter households were served.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 18003001700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003001700?

Census tract 18003001700 in the CityScape Flats neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 18003001700?

Median gross rent is $941/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18003001700?

50.0% of residents in tract 18003001700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,563.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18003001700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 96th, minority 91th, housing 86th.
Q5

Is tract 18003001700 considered part of CityScape Flats?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003001700 fall within CityScape Flats (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003001700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 206 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003001700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.52% of renter households, peaking at 17.2% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 18003001700 struggle to pay rent?

About 41.2% 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. 37.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 18003001700 compare to Fort Wayne overall?

Tract 18003001700 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Fort Wayne at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fort Wayne eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 18003001700 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 27% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Fort Wayne

Top eight tracts in Fort Wayne ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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