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Neighborhood · Carmel, IN

Trails End Eviction Risk: Lower

3 census tracts · pop 13,534 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.3/10 · range 3–3.6

Trails End spans 3 census tracts of Carmel, IN and houses 13,534 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 3.3/10, in the Lower tier. Against a Carmel baseline of 26.7%, 42% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

The voucher gap is 59.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1.2/10.

Running hot is supply constraint at 8.2/10. At $2,040 a month, rents sit 19% over what the rest of Carmel commands.

Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.2/10. SNAP participation is 3.0% of households versus 15.2% nationally.

Filings are well documented here: 25 across 2 observed tracts. Food insecurity affects 6.5% of adults, 11.3 points below the national rate.

10% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Filing activity peaked in 2011 at 4.1% of renter households. That places it #3 of 8 neighborhoods in Carmel.

Judgments average 1.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. At 19% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. The closest comparables inside the same city are Grannan Grove and Holaday Hills and Dales.

Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

With little internal variation, 3.3/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
3.3
Lower
3 tracts · population-weighted
Trails End vs Carmel How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
42.4% +59%
Carmel: 26.7%
Average gross rent
$2,040 +19%
Carmel: $1,712
Average HH income
$122,127 -9%
Carmel: $134,602
Poverty rate
3.6% -4%
Carmel: 3.7%
Renter share
18.6% -28%
Carmel: 25.7%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Trails End and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 3–3.6

Why Trails End scores 3.3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.0–2.0 across tracts
2.0
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 4.7–4.7 across tracts
4.7
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 5.2–5.2 across tracts
5.2
Rent control risk
42% of income on rent · Range 4.4–4.4 across tracts
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 2.1–2.3 across tracts
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
19% renter households · Range 5.4–5.7 across tracts
5.6
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Economic stress
3.6% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.6 across tracts
1.2
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 6.4–10.0 across tracts
8.2
Risk score comparison

Trails End vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Trails End score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.3Trails EndNeighborhood3.4Parent cityhost city3.7Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Trails End?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
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Spread of 0.6 points from 3 to 3.6. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

3 tracts in Trails End

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
18057110811 3.6 4,527 26% $1,463
18057111101 3.3 3,811 63% $1,647
18057110912 3 5,196 41% $2,832
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 10

Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 14%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 26%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 32%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 16%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Trails End

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 25Total filings (sum)
  • 3.11%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.1%Peak year (2011)
  • 3.11%Latest filed (2011)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Trails End

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Trails End

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Trails End?

Trails End scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Trails End compare to Carmel overall?

Trails End scores 0.1 points lower than Carmel overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 42% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $2,040 vs $1,712.
Q3

What is the average rent in Trails End?

Average gross rent in Trails End is $2,040/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Trails End residents are renters?

19% of Trails End households are renter-occupied (vs 26% in Carmel). The neighborhood has 13,534 residents.
Q5

Is Trails End a high social-vulnerability area?

Trails End sits in the 10th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Trails End have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Trails End is census tract 18057110811 (score 3.6/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3.6, a spread of 0.6 points.
Q7

How safe is Trails End for landlords?

Trails End carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.3/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Carmel as a whole (3.4/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Trails End?

Trails End has 13,665 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (81.2%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (5.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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