Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Nappanee Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18039001100 · Elkhart County, IN · pop 5,034 · 33% of tract blocks fall in Nappanee
Census tract 18039001100 belongs to Nappanee, Indiana. It is home to 5,034 residents and scores $1/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 39% of US census tracts.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,264 a month against an average household income of $104,357 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,774
Renter share17.2%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$104,357
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
National
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Nappanee and the region
Centroid at 41.4829, -85.9748 · click any tract to drill in
Why Nappanee scores 2.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Nappanee
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,264 rent vs county FMR
7.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Nappanee
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Nappanee
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Nappanee
6.7
How Nappanee compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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.
- 11.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.2%Food insecurity
- 8.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 10.8%No health insurance
- 20.8%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Nappanee
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.2/10. 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 Nappanee, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Elkhart County average of 4.7 and in line with the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 36th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18039001100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18039001100?
Census tract 18039001100 in Nappanee scores 2.3/10 (Lower 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 18039001100?
Median gross rent is $1,264/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18039001100?
6.3% of residents in tract 18039001100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,034.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18039001100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 15th, minority 11th, housing 56th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18039001100 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.8% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18039001100 compare to Nappanee overall?
Tract 18039001100 scores 2.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Nappanee at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Nappanee; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Nappanee
Top eight tracts in Nappanee ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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