4 census tracts · pop 14,677 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.6/10
· range 4.4–4.6
Lafayette Place takes in 4 census tracts of Fort Wayne, IN, population 14,677. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.6/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a Fort Wayne baseline of 28.5%, about half of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The severe-burden share is 28%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
23.9% 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. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
Running cool is tenant-organizing strength, at 1.5/10. SNAP participation is 31.7% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Court records carry 1,129 eviction filings across its 4 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2018 at 25.6% of renter households. At $916 a month, rents sit 8% under what the rest of Fort Wayne commands.
That places it #1 of 45 neighborhoods in Fort Wayne. Judgments average 12.7% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. The closest comparables inside the same city are North Highhlands and West Main.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
4 tracts · population-weighted
Lafayette Place vs Fort WayneHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority85%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport34%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Lafayette Place
Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,129Total filings (sum)
22.35%Avg annual filing rate
25.6%Peak year (2018)
22.92%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Lafayette Place
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
29.4%Housing insecurity
23.9%Utility shutoff threat
41.6%Food insecurity
31.9%SNAP enrollment
20.0%No health insurance
41.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Lafayette Place
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Lafayette Place?
Lafayette Place scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier) across 4 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 Lafayette Place compare to Fort Wayne overall?
Lafayette Place scores 1.4 points higher than Fort Wayne overall (3.2/10). Renters spend 48% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $916 vs $999.
Q3
What is the average rent in Lafayette Place?
Average gross rent in Lafayette eviction risk Place is $916/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Lafayette Place residents are renters?
58% of Lafayette Place households are renter-occupied (vs 38% in Fort Wayne). The neighborhood has 14,677 residents.
Q5
Is Lafayette Place a high social-vulnerability area?
Lafayette Place sits in the 83rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Lafayette Place have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Lafayette Place is census tract 18003002300 (score 4.6/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.4 to 4.6, a spread of 0.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Lafayette Place for landlords?
Lafayette eviction risk Place carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.6/10). Pop-weighted across 4 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 Lafayette Place?
Lafayette Place has 14,856 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (39%), Hispanic / Latino (28%), White (non-Hispanic) (19.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
