1 census tracts · pop 4,265 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.6/10
· range 4.6–4.6
Wildwood Park is a one-tract neighborhood of Fort Wayne, IN, population 4,265. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4.6/10, Moderate tier. Against a Fort Wayne baseline of 28.5%, 56% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
30% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
The poverty rate is 34%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot is economic stress at 8.6/10. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.5/10.
Average gross rent is $784, 22% below the Fort Wayne average of $999. Court records for this tract carry 260 eviction filings. 15.3% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Food insecurity affects 26.8% of adults, 9.0 points above the national rate. The worst year on record was 2018, when filings touched 20.1% of renter households.
That places it #1 of 45 neighborhoods in Fort Wayne. Judgments average 10.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
One tract means one number: 4.6/10 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
4.6
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Wildwood Park vs Fort WayneHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority56%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport46%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Wildwood Park
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
260Total filings (sum)
18.13%Avg annual filing rate
20.1%Peak year (2018)
20.08%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Wildwood Park
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
18.8%Housing insecurity
15.3%Utility shutoff threat
26.8%Food insecurity
19.0%SNAP enrollment
14.5%No health insurance
39.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Wildwood Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Wildwood Park?
Wildwood Park scores 4.6/10 (Moderate 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 Wildwood Park compare to Fort Wayne overall?
Wildwood Park scores 1.4 points higher than Fort Wayne overall (3.2/10). Renters spend 56% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $784 vs $999.
Q3
What is the average rent in Wildwood Park?
Average gross rent in Wildwood Park is $784/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Wildwood Park residents are renters?
36% of Wildwood Park households are renter-occupied (vs 38% in Fort Wayne). The neighborhood has 4,265 residents.
Q5
Is Wildwood Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Wildwood Park sits in the 85th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Wildwood Park for landlords?
Wildwood Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.6/10). 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 Wildwood Park?
Wildwood Park has 4,499 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (62.3%), Hispanic / Latino (19.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (13.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
