Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
New Palestine Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18059410802 · Hancock County, IN · pop 5,096 · 25% of tract blocks fall in New Palestine
18059410802 is a census tract in New Palestine, IN. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,096 residents. Severe burden reaches 55%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,856
Renter share7.8%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate2.0%
Median income$137,721
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Palestine and the region
Centroid at 39.7182, -85.9281 · click any tract to drill in
Why New Palestine scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from New Palestine
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
2.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,399 rent vs county FMR
5.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from New Palestine
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New Palestine
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from New Palestine
4.5
How New Palestine compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 9%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 3%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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.
- 5.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.2%Food insecurity
- 3.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.0%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 13.8%Frequent mental distress
- 25.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in New Palestine
Cost burden runs 74% here against 39.7% across Hancock County. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10.
At $1,399 a month, rents run 24% over what the rest of New Palestine commands. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. Food insecurity runs 6.2% against 17.8% nationally.
Housing insecurity runs 5.7% against 14.2% nationally. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 8% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 1.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $137,721, annual rent is just 12%. Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18059410802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18059410802?
Census tract 18059410802 in New Palestine scores 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 18059410802?
Median gross rent is $1,399/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18059410802?
2.0% of residents in tract 18059410802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,096.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18059410802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 5th, minority 3th, housing 36th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18059410802 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.7% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18059410802 compare to New Palestine overall?
Tract 18059410802 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of New Palestine at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New Palestine; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in New Palestine
Top eight tracts in New Palestine ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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