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Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Fort Wayne Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 18003011303 · Allen County, IN · pop 2,272 · 71% of tract blocks fall in Fort Wayne

Census tract 18003011303 covers part of Fort Wayne, IN, and scores 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,272 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 34% Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,027
Renter share56.3%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate33.8%
Median income$39,464

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#23 of 79 tracts In Fort Wayne
Elevated
Within county
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#24 of 96 tracts In Allen County
High
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#370 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
High
National
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#39,308 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region

Centroid at 41.0419, -85.0696 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fort Wayne scores 4.6

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
33.8% poverty · this tract
8.4
Supply constraint
$643 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 / state4.6This tracttract 0113033.2Fort Wayneparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

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)

  • 62Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 8.10%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.2%Peak (2018)
  • 39Filings 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

At $643 a month, rents run 36% under what the rest of Fort Wayne commands. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. The poverty rate is 34%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. SNAP participation runs 31.9% against 15.2% nationally. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Court records carry 62 eviction filings across 2 observed years. Against the Allen County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.

Adults with no health insurance runs 18.3% against 11.3% nationally. Filings peaked in 2018 at 10.2% of renter households.

In a typical year about 8.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 18003011303

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003011303?

Census tract 18003011303 in Fort Wayne scores 4.6/10 (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 18003011303?

Median gross rent is $643/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18003011303?

33.8% of residents in tract 18003011303 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,272.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18003011303?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 99th, minority 80th, housing 63th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003011303?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 62 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003011303 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.10% of renter households, peaking at 10.2% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 18003011303 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.0% 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. 22.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 18003011303 compare to Fort Wayne overall?

Tract 18003011303 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Fort Wayne at 3.2/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Fort Wayne

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

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