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Census Tract · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally

Fort Wayne Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 18003004300 · Allen County, IN · pop 2,485

Eviction risk in Fort Wayne eviction risk centers on tract 18003004300, which scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 2,485 residents. On the national scale it ranks #57,037 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

33% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $830 a month while the average household earns $30,407 a year, roughly 33% of income at the averages. Renters make up 50% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 33% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,112
Renter share49.7%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate29.6%
Median income$30,407

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 79 tracts In Fort Wayne
Very High
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 96 tracts In Allen County
Very High
Within state
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#97 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Very High
National
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#16,850 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region

Centroid at 41.0770, -85.1090 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fort Wayne scores 5.6

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
29.6% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$830 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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 Fort Wayne compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fort Wayne risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.65.6This tracttract 004300Fort Wayne: 2.22.2Fort Wayneparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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)

  • 145Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 14.02%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.3%Peak (2017)
  • 71Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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 Fort Wayne

What moves this score most is economic stress at 7.4/10. 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 about the same as the Allen County average of 4.6 and in line with the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 28.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 23.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Part of this tract, about 13% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18003004300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003004300?

Census tract 18003004300 in Fort Wayne scores 5.6/10 (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 18003004300?

Median gross rent is $830/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18003004300?

29.6% of residents in tract 18003004300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,485.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18003004300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 97th, minority 83th, housing 87th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003004300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 145 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003004300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.02% of renter households, peaking at 14.3% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 18003004300 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.4% 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. 23.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 18003004300 compare to Fort Wayne overall?

Tract 18003004300 scores 5.6/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 18003004300 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. 13% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Fort Wayne

Top eight tracts in Fort Wayne ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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