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Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally

Wells Street Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fort Wayne

Tract 18003000500 · Allen County, IN · pop 2,999 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

With a score of 4.8/10, tract 18003000500 in the Wells Street neighborhood of Fort Wayne ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,999 residents. On the national scale it ranks #57,033 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 40% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $954 monthly, set against $45,878 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 53% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 32% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,353
Renter share52.7%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate23.7%
Median income$45,878

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Wells Street
Very Low
Within parent city
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#22 of 79 tracts In Fort Wayne
Elevated
Within county
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 96 tracts In Allen County
High
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#286 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region

Centroid at 41.0952, -85.1373 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wells Street scores 4.9

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
23.7% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$954 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Wells Street compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wells Street risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.94.9This tracttract 000500Fort Wayne: 2.22.2Fort Wayneparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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)

  • 174Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 13.23%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.8%Peak (2018)
  • 104Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Wells Street. 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 Wells Street

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 5.9/10. 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 174 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 13.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 15.8% of renter households in 2018.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 84th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18003000500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003000500?

Census tract 18003000500 in the Wells Street neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 18003000500?

Median gross rent is $954/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18003000500?

23.7% of residents in tract 18003000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,999.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18003000500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 31th, minority 58th, housing 93th.
Q5

Is tract 18003000500 considered part of Wells Street?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003000500 fall within Wells Street (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003000500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 174 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003000500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.23% of renter households, peaking at 15.8% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 18003000500 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.3% 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. 14.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 18003000500 compare to Fort Wayne overall?

Tract 18003000500 scores 4.9/10, 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 18003000500 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Fort Wayne

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

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