Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally

Shirley Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 18059410100 · Hancock County, IN · pop 4,160 · 16% of tract blocks fall in Shirley

With a score of 3.3/10, tract 18059410100 in Shirley in Hancock County ranks in the Lower tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,160 residents. That is riskier than roughly 4% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 13% of renter households, a modest level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $615 a month while the average household earns $78,250 a year, roughly 9% of income at the averages. About 5% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

2.7

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 4% Owners 95%

Tract context

Occupied units1,540

Renter share4.5%

SVI overall0.26

Poverty rate10.3%

Median income$78,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Shirley and the region

Centroid at 39.9091, -85.6847 · click any tract to drill in

Why Shirley scores 2.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Shirley

3.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.1

State political climate

Indiana legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

10.3% poverty · this tract

2.6

Supply constraint

$615 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Shirley

4.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Shirley

3.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Shirley

4.8

How Shirley compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 26

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

52%Socioeconomic
50%Household composition
5%Racial/ethnic minority
9%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.

9.8%Housing insecurity
7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
12.4%Food insecurity
7.4%SNAP enrollment
6.8%Transit barriers
7.7%No health insurance
17.8%Frequent mental distress
33.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Shirley

What moves this score most is housing court bias at 4.8/10. 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 Shirley, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Hancock County average of 4.1 and below the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 9.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 26th 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, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 18059410100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18059410100?

Census tract 18059410100 in Shirley scores 2.7/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 18059410100?

Median gross rent is $615/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 13% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18059410100?

10.3% of residents in tract 18059410100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,160.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18059410100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 50th, minority 5th, housing 9th.

What share of households in tract 18059410100 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.8% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18059410100 compare to Shirley overall?

Tract 18059410100 scores 2.7/10, higher than the parent city of Shirley at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Shirley; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.