Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Charlestown Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 18019050903 · Clark County, IN · pop 2,782 · 71% of tract blocks fall in Charlestown
Census tract 18019050903 covers part of Charlestown, IN, and scores 4.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,782. At $518 a month, rents run 50% under what the rest of Charlestown commands.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,068
Renter share31.8%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate16.6%
Median income$57,143
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Charlestown and the region
Centroid at 38.4267, -85.6809 · click any tract to drill in
Why Charlestown scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
16.6% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$518 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.0%Food insecurity
- 11.6%SNAP enrollment
- 9.0%Transit barriers
- 9.2%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 36.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Charlestown
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. It sits 0.6 points above the Clark County average of 3.8. On the national scale it lands near the 49th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 6.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $57,143, annual rent is just 11%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
45% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 18019050903
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18019050903?
Census tract 18019050903 in Charlestown scores 4.4/10 (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 18019050903?
Median gross rent is $518/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18019050903?
16.6% of residents in tract 18019050903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,782.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18019050903?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 87th, minority 31th, housing 36th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18019050903 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18019050903 compare to Charlestown overall?
Tract 18019050903 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Charlestown at 3.2/10. 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.
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