Countryside Village Eviction Risk: Moderate

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.5/10.

The poverty rate is 29%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the softer side is tenant-organizing strength, at 1.5/10.

Severe burden reaches 16%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Court records for this tract carry 281 eviction filings. 14.8% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

The worst year on record was 2017, when filings touched 99.3% of renter households. Food insecurity affects 26.0% of adults, 8.2 points above the national rate. Average gross rent is $1,084, 9% above the Fort Wayne average of $999.

Recent filings have not receded much: 94.5% in 2018 against a 99.3% peak. That places it #1 of 45 neighborhoods in Fort Wayne. At 19% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.

For a like-for-like read, North Highhlands and West Main score within a fraction of it.

Because the boundary contains one tract, 4.6/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.