2 census tracts · pop 6,825 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.9/10
· range 3.5–4.1
Highland Park Forest is a 2-tract neighborhood of Fort Wayne, IN and houses 6,825 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3.9/10, placing it in the Lower tier. Cost burden runs 49% against 28.5% citywide, putting Highland Park Forest 20.9% over its own city.
Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. The severe-burden share is 26%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.5/10.
Running cool is tenant-organizing strength, at 1.5/10. Court records carry 388 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2018 at 16.2% of renter households.
Among the 45 mapped neighborhoods of Fort Wayne, it ranks #16 by risk, the middle third. Judgments average 5.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
For a like-for-like read, Breconshire and Avalon score within a fraction of it. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.6 points apart at the extremes. Average gross rent runs $1,020, close to the Fort Wayne average.
Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $50,297.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Highland Park Forest vs Fort WayneHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority50%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport63%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Highland Park Forest
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
388Total filings (sum)
10.54%Avg annual filing rate
16.2%Peak year (2018)
9.43%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Highland Park Forest
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
14.4%Housing insecurity
11.1%Utility shutoff threat
19.2%Food insecurity
11.6%SNAP enrollment
10.9%No health insurance
32.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Highland Park Forest
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Highland Park Forest?
Highland Park Forest scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier) across 2 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 Highland Park Forest compare to Fort Wayne overall?
Highland Park Forest scores 0.7 points higher than Fort Wayne overall (3.2/10). Renters spend 49% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,020 vs $999.
Q3
What is the average rent in Highland Park Forest?
Average gross rent in Highland eviction risk Park Forest is $1,020/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Highland Park Forest residents are renters?
50% of Highland Park Forest households are renter-occupied (vs 38% in Fort Wayne). The neighborhood has 6,825 residents.
Q5
Is Highland Park Forest a high social-vulnerability area?
Highland Park Forest sits in the 65th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Highland Park Forest have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Highland Park Forest is census tract 18003003304 (score 4.1/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.5 to 4.1, a spread of 0.6 points.
Q7
How safe is Highland Park Forest for landlords?
Highland eviction risk Park Forest carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.9/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Highland Park Forest?
Highland Park Forest has 6,754 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (66.6%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (11.7%), Hispanic / Latino (10.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
