Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Plainfield Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18063210607 · Hendricks County, IN · pop 6,942 · 92% of tract blocks fall in Plainfield
Here is how census tract 18063210607, in Plainfield eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 4.5/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 6,942. That is riskier than about 23% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,455 a month against an average household income of $69,875 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 61% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units2,871
Renter share61.3%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$69,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
22
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Plainfield and the region
Centroid at 39.7079, -86.3525 · click any tract to drill in
Why Plainfield scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Plainfield
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,455 rent vs county FMR
6.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Plainfield
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Plainfield
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Plainfield
4.0
How Plainfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%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.
- 11.7%Housing insecurity
- 8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.2%Food insecurity
- 8.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 28.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Plainfield
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.6/10. 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 Plainfield eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Hendricks County average of 4.3 and in line with the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 73rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18063210607
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18063210607?
Census tract 18063210607 in Plainfield scores 2.5/10 (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 18063210607?
Median gross rent is $1,455/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18063210607?
6.3% of residents in tract 18063210607 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,942.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18063210607?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 21th, minority 50th, housing 98th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18063210607 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.7% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18063210607 compare to Plainfield overall?
Tract 18063210607 scores 2.5/10, higher than the parent city of Plainfield at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Plainfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Plainfield
Top eight tracts in Plainfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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