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CityScape Flats Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fort Wayne

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

Tract 18003001700, home to 2,563 residents in the CityScape Flats area of Fort Wayne, scores 5.5/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 57% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 47% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $941 a month against an average household income of $30,313 a year, roughly 37% of income at the averages. About 80% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.6
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
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In CityScape Flats
Very High
Within parent city
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 79 tracts In Fort Wayne
Very High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 96 tracts In Allen County
Very High
Within state
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#97 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Very 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 5.6

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 / stateThis tract: 5.65.6This tracttract 001700Fort Wayne: 2.22.2Fort Wayneparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg 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

The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Fort Wayne eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Allen County average of 4.6 and above the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 99th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

Part of this tract, about 27% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

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

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 5.6/10 (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 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Fort Wayne at 2.2/10. 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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