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Neighborhood · Fort Wayne, IN

Trinity Eviction Risk: Lower

1 census tracts · pop 4,085 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.8/10 · range 3.8–3.8

Trinity is a one-tract neighborhood of Fort Wayne, IN and houses 4,085 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 3.8/10, in the Lower tier. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.

Average gross rent is $659, 34% below the Fort Wayne average of $999. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 1/10.

28% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent. The severe-burden share is 20%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.5/10. Court records for this tract carry 118 eviction filings.

Filing activity peaked in 2018 at 10.7% of renter households. Among the 45 mapped neighborhoods of Fort Wayne, it ranks #19 by risk, the middle third.

Judgments average 6.5% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. The closest comparables inside the same city are Avalon and Highland Park Forest.

Against average income of $52,983, annual rent is only 15%, a wide affordability cushion. 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

One tract means one number: 3.8/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
3.8
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Trinity vs Fort Wayne How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
28.1% -1%
Fort Wayne: 28.5%
Average gross rent
$659 -34%
Fort Wayne: $999
Average HH income
$52,983 -12%
Fort Wayne: $60,293
Poverty rate
11.8% -24%
Fort Wayne: 15.6%
Renter share
30.0% -21%
Fort Wayne: 38.1%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Trinity and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 3.8–3.8

Why Trinity scores 3.8

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.0–2.0 across tracts
2.0
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 4.4–4.4 across tracts
4.4
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Rent control risk
28% of income on rent · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
30% renter households · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 2.0–2.0 across tracts
2.0
Economic stress
11.8% below poverty line · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Risk score comparison

Trinity vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Trinity score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.8TrinityNeighborhood3.2Parent cityhost city3.7Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Trinity

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
18003000800 3.8 4,085 28% $659
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 44

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 41%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 69%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 39%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 34%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Trinity

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 118Total filings (sum)
  • 9.15%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.7%Peak year (2018)
  • 10.70%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Trinity

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Trinity

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Trinity?

Trinity scores 3.8/10 (Lower tier) across 1 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 Trinity compare to Fort Wayne overall?

Trinity scores 0.6 points higher than Fort Wayne overall (3.2/10). Renters spend 28% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $659 vs $999.
Q3

What is the average rent in Trinity?

Average gross rent in Trinity is $659/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Trinity residents are renters?

30% of Trinity households are renter-occupied (vs 38% in Fort Wayne). The neighborhood has 4,085 residents.
Q5

Is Trinity a high social-vulnerability area?

Trinity sits in the 44th 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

How safe is Trinity for landlords?

Trinity carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.8/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Trinity?

Trinity has 3,989 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (73.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (12.8%), Hispanic / Latino (7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Trinity.

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