Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 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 4.6/10, tract 18003000500 in the Wells Street area of Fort Wayne, IN reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,999. 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 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 parent city
78
th percentile
High
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
78
th percentile
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 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 5%Grade B
- 47%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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.
- 17.3%Housing insecurity
- 14.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.9%Food insecurity
- 17.2%SNAP enrollment
- 12.6%Transit barriers
- 12.2%No health insurance
- 21.1%Frequent mental distress
- 36.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wells Street
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The filing record is not thin: 174 evictions over 2 years of observation.
It sits 0.9 points above the Allen County average of 3.7. Food insecurity runs 24.9% against 17.8% nationally.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2018, when 15.8% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Fort Wayne. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 13.2% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
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 4.6/10 (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 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 4.6/10, 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.
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.
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