Elkhart Eviction Risk: Moderate

Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10.

Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10. The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 1.5 points above the Elkhart County average of 3.9.

Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. Food insecurity runs 27.7% against 17.8% nationally.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.7/10. Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $943, close to the Elkhart average.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.