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Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Countryside Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fort Wayne

Tract 18003010604 · Allen County, IN · pop 2,812 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 4.6/10, tract 18003010604 in the Countryside Village area of Fort Wayne, IN reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 10% Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,010
Renter share18.6%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate28.7%
Median income$41,667

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Countryside Village
Moderate
Within parent city
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#16 of 79 tracts In Fort Wayne
High
Within county
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#9 of 96 tracts In Allen County
Very High
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 41.1366, -85.1765 · click any tract to drill in

Why Countryside Village 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
28.7% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$1,084 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 Countryside Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Countryside Village risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.6This tracttract 0106043.2Fort Wayneparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

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)

  • 281Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 96.90%Avg annual filing rate
  • 99.3%Peak (2017)
  • 137Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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 Countryside Village

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

47% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Allen County average of 38.5%. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 281 filings here across 2 tracked years. Against the Allen County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. Food insecurity runs 26.0% against 17.8% nationally.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2017, when 99.3% of renter households were served. Average gross rent is $1,084, 9% above the Fort Wayne average.

In a typical year about 96.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18003010604

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003010604?

Census tract 18003010604 in the Countryside Village 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 18003010604?

Median gross rent is $1,084/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18003010604?

28.7% of residents in tract 18003010604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,812.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18003010604?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 93th, minority 46th, housing 95th.
Q5

Is tract 18003010604 considered part of Countryside Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003010604 fall within Countryside Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003010604?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 281 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003010604 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 96.90% of renter households, peaking at 99.3% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 18003010604 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.2% 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. 14.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 18003010604 compare to Fort Wayne overall?

Tract 18003010604 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Fort Wayne

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

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