Within parent city
36
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Columbus Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18005011000 · Bartholomew County, IN · pop 4,770 · 20% of tract blocks fall in Columbus
Tract 18005011000 sits in Columbus eviction risk, IN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.2/10. 67% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Bartholomew County average of 41.3%.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,818
Renter share15.0%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$100,242
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
40
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.1887, -86.0167 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbus scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Columbus
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,029 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Columbus
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Columbus
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Columbus
5.5
How Columbus compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%Housing & transportation
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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.6%Food insecurity
- 5.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 28.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Columbus
The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 1.5/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. SNAP participation runs 5.8% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 10.6% against 17.8% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,029, 11% below the Columbus average. On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 15% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 2.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 12% of average household income of $100,242, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Bartholomew County average of 3.8 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18005011000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18005011000?
Census tract 18005011000 in Columbus scores 3.2/10 (Lower 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 18005011000?
Median gross rent is $1,029/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18005011000?
9.8% of residents in tract 18005011000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,770.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18005011000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 73th, minority 8th, housing 24th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18005011000 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18005011000 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 18005011000 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Columbus at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Columbus eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Columbus
Top eight tracts in Columbus ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · IN
East Columbus
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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East Columbus
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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Everroad Park
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IN
Everroad Park
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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East Columbus
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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Flat Rock Park
3.4
/ 10 · Low
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North Columbus
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IN
18005011500
3.1
/ 10 · Low
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