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DePauw Avenue Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , New Albany

Tract 18043070902 · Floyd County, IN · pop 1,721 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Tract 18043070902 sits in the DePauw Avenue Historic District area of New Albany eviction risk, IN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. Population here is 1,721. 35% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 29% Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units770
Renter share67.3%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate45.3%
Median income$23,542

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In DePauw Avenue Historic District
Very High
Within parent city
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 15 tracts In New Albany
High
Within county
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 20 tracts In Floyd County
Very High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#93 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across New Albany and the region

Centroid at 38.3116, -85.8152 · click any tract to drill in

Why DePauw Avenue Historic District scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from New Albany
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
45.3% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$935 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from New Albany
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New Albany
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from New Albany
6.7

How DePauw Avenue Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
DePauw Avenue Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0709024.0New Albanyparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 197Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 9.17%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.0%Peak (2010)
  • 33Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 18043070902
Filings climbed 50% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within DePauw Avenue Historic District. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in DePauw Avenue Historic District

What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 45%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Cost burden runs 57% here against 41.4% across Floyd County.

Set annual rent against average income of $23,542 and the ratio lands at 48%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Disability prevalence runs 51.4% against 31.5% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 32.8% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. This is renter territory: 67% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. It sits 1.2 points above the Floyd County average of 4.2. The filing record is not thin: 197 evictions over 6 years of observation.

The worst year on record was 2010, when 12.0% of renter households were served. At $935 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of New Albany commands.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18043070902

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18043070902?

Census tract 18043070902 in the DePauw Avenue Historic District neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 18043070902?

Median gross rent is $935/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18043070902?

45.3% of residents in tract 18043070902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,721.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18043070902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 89th, minority 28th, housing 63th.
Q5

Is tract 18043070902 considered part of DePauw Avenue Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18043070902 fall within DePauw Avenue Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18043070902?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 197 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 18043070902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.17% of renter households, peaking at 12.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 18043070902 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.4% 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. 20.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 18043070902 compare to New Albany overall?

Tract 18043070902 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of New Albany at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New Albany eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in New Albany

Top eight tracts in New Albany ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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