4 census tracts · pop 15,011 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4/10
· range 3.1–4.6
Southwood Park takes in 4 census tracts of Fort Wayne, IN, population 15,011. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
Against a Fort Wayne baseline of 28.5%, 39% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.5/10.
The severe-burden share is 21%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Well under the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength, at 1.5/10. The 4 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.1 to 4.6, a 1.5-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
Court records carry 491 eviction filings across its 4 observed tracts. The poverty rate is 16%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Filing activity peaked in 2018 at 29.8% of renter households. At $1,062 a month, rents sit 6% over what the rest of Fort Wayne commands.
That places it #15 of 45 neighborhoods in Fort Wayne. Judgments average 10.7% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Only 28% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 4 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4
Moderate
4 tracts · population-weighted
Southwood Park vs Fort WayneHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority56%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport35%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Southwood Park
Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
491Total filings (sum)
18.57%Avg annual filing rate
29.8%Peak year (2018)
20.14%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Southwood Park
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
14.9%Housing insecurity
11.7%Utility shutoff threat
19.5%Food insecurity
12.3%SNAP enrollment
11.3%No health insurance
32.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Southwood Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Southwood Park?
Southwood Park scores 4/10 (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 Southwood Park compare to Fort Wayne overall?
Southwood Park scores 0.8 points higher than Fort Wayne overall (3.2/10). Renters spend 39% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,062 vs $999.
Q3
What is the average rent in Southwood Park?
Average gross rent in Southwood Park is $1,062/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Southwood Park residents are renters?
28% of Southwood Park households are renter-occupied (vs 38% in Fort Wayne). The neighborhood has 15,011 residents.
Q5
Is Southwood Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Southwood Park sits in the 59th 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 Southwood Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Southwood Park is census tract 18003002500 (score 4.6/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.1 to 4.6, a spread of 1.5 points.
Q7
How safe is Southwood Park for landlords?
Southwood Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4/10). 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 Southwood Park?
Southwood Park has 14,727 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (58.4%), Hispanic / Latino (16.9%), Other / Multiracial (13%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
