Census Tract · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally

Charlestown Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 18019050902 · Clark County, IN · pop 5,048 · 59% of tract blocks fall in Charlestown

How risky is Charlestown in Clark County for landlords? Census tract 18019050902 scores 3.9/10, the Lower tier. That is riskier than about 11% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 30% of renter households, a moderate level, and 2% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $945 monthly, set against $78,634 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.

Risk score

2.3

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 12% Owners 83%

Tract context

Occupied units1,907

Renter share17.1%

SVI overall0.32

Poverty rate4.4%

Median income$78,634

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Charlestown and the region

Centroid at 38.4663, -85.6325 · click any tract to drill in

Why Charlestown scores 2.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Charlestown

4.7

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.1

State political climate

Indiana legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

4.4% poverty · this tract

1.1

Supply constraint

$945 rent vs county FMR

2.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Charlestown

4.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Charlestown

5.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Charlestown

5.1

How Charlestown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

38%Socioeconomic
59%Household composition
15%Racial/ethnic minority
25%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.

10.4%Housing insecurity
7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
13.1%Food insecurity
7.0%SNAP enrollment
7.1%Transit barriers
8.3%No health insurance
18.0%Frequent mental distress
32.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Charlestown

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 5.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Charlestown, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Clark County average of 4.7 and below the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 32nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 18019050902

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18019050902?

Census tract 18019050902 in Charlestown scores 2.3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 18019050902?

Median gross rent is $945/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18019050902?

4.4% of residents in tract 18019050902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,048.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18019050902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 59th, minority 15th, housing 25th.

What share of households in tract 18019050902 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.4% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18019050902 compare to Charlestown overall?

Tract 18019050902 scores 2.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Charlestown at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Charlestown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Charlestown

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