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North Highhlands Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fort Wayne

Tract 18003000900 · Allen County, IN · pop 2,948 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 18003000900 belongs to the North Highhlands area of Fort Wayne, Indiana. It is home to 2,948 residents and scores 5.2/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 46th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 49% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $968 a month while the average household earns $50,694 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 19% Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,251
Renter share36.4%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate26.4%
Median income$50,694

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In North Highhlands
Moderate
Within parent city
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#18 of 79 tracts In Fort Wayne
High
Within county
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#19 of 96 tracts In Allen County
High
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#263 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region

Centroid at 41.0882, -85.1690 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Highhlands scores 5

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
26.4% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$968 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 North Highhlands compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
North Highhlands risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.05.0This tracttract 000900Fort Wayne: 2.22.2Fort Wayneparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 46

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 125Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 10.93%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.5%Peak (2017)
  • 59Filings 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 North Highhlands

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 6.6/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Fort Wayne eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Allen County average of 4.6 and above the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 125 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 10.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 11.5% of renter households in 2017.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 46th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 18003000900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003000900?

Census tract 18003000900 in the North Highhlands neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 18003000900?

Median gross rent is $968/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18003000900?

26.4% of residents in tract 18003000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,948.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18003000900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 17th, minority 39th, housing 29th.
Q5

Is tract 18003000900 considered part of North Highhlands?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003000900 fall within North Highhlands (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003000900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 125 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003000900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.93% of renter households, peaking at 11.5% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 18003000900 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.4% 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. 12.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 18003000900 compare to Fort Wayne overall?

Tract 18003000900 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Fort Wayne at 2.2/10. 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.
Q9

Was tract 18003000900 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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