Elkhart Eviction Risk: Moderate

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10. Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10.

Against the Elkhart County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

At $1,123 a month, rents run 13% over what the rest of Elkhart commands. Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.5/10. Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. 40% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $64,167.

45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.