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Downtown Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Frankfort

Tract 18023950500 · Clinton County, IN · pop 4,191 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Eviction risk in Downtown Historic District in Frankfort centers on tract 18023950500, which scores 4.3/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 4,191 residents. That is riskier than roughly 18% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 28% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $873 a month while the average household earns $50,726 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 47% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.2

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 34% Owners 53%

Tract context

Occupied units1,651

Renter share47.2%

SVI overall0.78

Poverty rate17.9%

Median income$50,726

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Frankfort and the region

Centroid at 40.2899, -86.5279 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown Historic District scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Frankfort

3.4

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

2.7

State political climate

Indiana legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

17.9% poverty · this tract

4.5

Supply constraint

$873 rent vs county FMR

3.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Frankfort

4.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Frankfort

8.3

Housing court bias

Inherited from Frankfort

4.9

How Downtown Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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

80%Socioeconomic
70%Household composition
42%Racial/ethnic minority
75%Housing & transportation

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.

17.7%Housing insecurity
12.1%Utility-shutoff threat
25.0%Food insecurity
15.2%SNAP enrollment
11.7%Transit barriers
17.3%No health insurance
19.6%Frequent mental distress
38.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown Historic District

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.3/10. 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 Frankfort eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Clinton County average of 4.4 and below the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 17.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 78th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 18023950500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18023950500?

Census tract 18023950500 in the Downtown Historic District neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 18023950500?

Median gross rent is $873/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18023950500?

17.9% of residents in tract 18023950500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,191.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18023950500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 70th, minority 42th, housing 75th.

Is tract 18023950500 considered part of Downtown Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18023950500 fall within Downtown Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18023950500 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.7% 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. 12.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18023950500 compare to Frankfort overall?

Tract 18023950500 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Frankfort at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Frankfort eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Frankfort

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