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Neighborhood · Fort Wayne, IN

Devils Hollow Eviction Risk: Lower

1 census tracts · pop 6,727 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10 · range 3–3

Devils Hollow is a one-tract suburb of Fort Wayne, IN and houses 6,727 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 3/10, in the Lower tier. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.

Running cool is economic stress, at 1/10. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,189, 19% above the Fort Wayne average of $999.

Against a Fort Wayne baseline of 28.5%, 34% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. Court records for this tract carry 17 eviction filings. Food insecurity affects 6.8% of adults, 11.0 points below the national rate.

The worst year on record was 2018, when filings touched 21.6% of renter households. 4.8% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Among the 45 mapped neighborhoods of Fort Wayne, it ranks #32 by risk, the lower third.

Judgments average 4.9% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. At 3% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.

Rent takes 11% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.

One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Devils Hollow vs Fort Wayne How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
33.9% +19%
Fort Wayne: 28.5%
Average gross rent
$1,189 +19%
Fort Wayne: $999
Average HH income
$130,919 +117%
Fort Wayne: $60,293
Poverty rate
3.2% -79%
Fort Wayne: 15.6%
Renter share
2.5% -93%
Fort Wayne: 38.1%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Devils Hollow and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 3–3

Why Devils Hollow scores 3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.0–2.0 across tracts
2.0
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 4.4–4.4 across tracts
4.4
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Rent control risk
34% of income on rent · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
3% renter households · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 2.0–2.0 across tracts
2.0
Economic stress
3.2% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 4.9–4.9 across tracts
4.9
Risk score comparison

Devils Hollow vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Devils Hollow score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.0Devils HollowNeighborhood3.2Parent cityhost city3.7Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Devils Hollow

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
18003011609 3 6,727 34% $1,189
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 2

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 5%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 8%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 19%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 8%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Devils Hollow

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 17Total filings (sum)
  • 16.67%Avg annual filing rate
  • 21.6%Peak year (2018)
  • 21.57%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Devils Hollow

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Devils Hollow

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Devils Hollow?

Devils Hollow scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Devils Hollow compare to Fort Wayne overall?

Devils Hollow scores 0.2 points lower than Fort Wayne overall (3.2/10). Renters spend 34% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,189 vs $999.
Q3

What is the average rent in Devils Hollow?

Average gross rent in Devils Hollow is $1,189/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Devils Hollow residents are renters?

3% of Devils Hollow households are renter-occupied (vs 38% in Fort Wayne). The neighborhood has 6,727 residents.
Q5

Is Devils Hollow a high social-vulnerability area?

Devils Hollow sits in the 2nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Devils Hollow for landlords?

Devils Hollow carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Fort Wayne as a whole (3.2/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Devils Hollow?

Devils Hollow has 6,711 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (87.9%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (6.2%), Other / Multiracial (3.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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