Within parent city
84
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally
Elkhart Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 18039002700 · Elkhart County, IN · pop 1,688
How risky is Elkhart for landlords? Census tract 18039002700 scores 5.8/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 69% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 47% of renter households, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $892 monthly, set against $44,980 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 68% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units647
Renter share67.7%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate34.3%
Median income$44,980
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elkhart and the region
Centroid at 41.6827, -85.9789 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elkhart scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Elkhart
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
34.3% poverty · this tract
8.6
Supply constraint
$892 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elkhart
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elkhart
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elkhart
7.3
How Elkhart compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%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.
- 26.6%Housing insecurity
- 19.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.0%Food insecurity
- 25.1%SNAP enrollment
- 17.2%Transit barriers
- 20.1%No health insurance
- 23.4%Frequent mental distress
- 42.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elkhart
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.9/10. 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 Elkhart eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Elkhart County average of 4.7 and above the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 26.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 19.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 77th 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 18039002700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18039002700?
Census tract 18039002700 in Elkhart scores 5.2/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 18039002700?
Median gross rent is $892/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18039002700?
34.3% of residents in tract 18039002700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,688.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18039002700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 74th, minority 67th, housing 30th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18039002700 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.6% 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. 19.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18039002700 compare to Elkhart overall?
Tract 18039002700 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Elkhart at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elkhart eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Elkhart
Top eight tracts in Elkhart ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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18039002201
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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18039002600
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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18039001601
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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18039001901
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
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18039002300
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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18039002102
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
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18039001501
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IN
18039001702
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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