Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Muncie Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 18035000903 · Delaware County, IN · pop 2,919 · 82% of tract blocks fall in Muncie
With a score of 5.6/10, tract 18035000903 in Muncie, IN reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,919 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units1,277
Renter share79.5%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate29.5%
Median income$42,818
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
National
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Muncie and the region
Centroid at 40.2262, -85.4338 · click any tract to drill in
Why Muncie scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Muncie
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
29.5% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$981 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Muncie
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Muncie
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Muncie
8.3
How Muncie compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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.
- 12.4%Housing insecurity
- 9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.6%Food insecurity
- 11.0%SNAP enrollment
- 10.8%Transit barriers
- 7.5%No health insurance
- 21.9%Frequent mental distress
- 32.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Muncie
79% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10.
The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.3/10. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Against the Delaware County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Against Delaware County at 44.5%, about half of renters here are cost-burdened. Average gross rent is $981, 9% above the Muncie average.
That is riskier than roughly 73% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.2/10.
Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 18035000903
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18035000903?
Census tract 18035000903 in Muncie scores 5.6/10 (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 18035000903?
Median gross rent is $981/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18035000903?
29.5% of residents in tract 18035000903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,919.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18035000903?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 7th, minority 39th, housing 82th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18035000903 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.4% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18035000903 compare to Muncie overall?
Tract 18035000903 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Muncie at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Muncie eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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