2 census tracts · pop 10,331 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Newberry spans 2 census tracts of Fort Wayne, IN, population 10,331. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, Lower tier. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
On the softer side is economic stress, at 1.1/10. Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.5/10.
30% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent. Filings are well documented here: 182 across 2 observed tracts. SNAP participation is 5.6% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
The severe-burden share is 9%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The worst year on record was 2018, when filings touched 10.7% of renter households. Among the 45 mapped neighborhoods of Fort Wayne, it ranks #32 by risk, the lower third.
Judgments average 3.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Parkway Hills and Stratford Forest score within a fraction of it.
Rent takes 16% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
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
3
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Newberry vs Fort WayneHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority32%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport42%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Newberry
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
182Total filings (sum)
5.94%Avg annual filing rate
10.7%Peak year (2018)
5.69%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Newberry
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.5%Housing insecurity
6.6%Utility shutoff threat
10.5%Food insecurity
5.6%SNAP enrollment
6.8%No health insurance
28.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Newberry
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Newberry?
Newberry scores 3/10 (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 Newberry compare to Fort Wayne overall?
Newberry scores 0.2 points lower than Fort Wayne overall (3.2/10). Renters spend 30% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,057 vs $999.
Q3
What is the average rent in Newberry?
Average gross rent in Newberry is $1,057/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Newberry residents are renters?
38% of Newberry households are renter-occupied (vs 38% in Fort Wayne). The neighborhood has 10,331 residents.
Q5
Is Newberry a high social-vulnerability area?
Newberry sits in the 26th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Newberry have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Newberry is census tract 18003010707 (score 3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Newberry for landlords?
Newberry carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Newberry?
Newberry has 10,541 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (80.8%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (5.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (4.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
