Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Plainfield Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18063210900 · Hendricks County, IN · pop 3,295 · 91% of tract blocks fall in Plainfield
How risky is Plainfield for landlords? Census tract 18063210900 scores 4.8/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 32% of US census tracts.
44% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $954 a month against an average household income of $57,452 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,632
Renter share62.4%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate21.8%
Median income$57,452
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Plainfield and the region
Centroid at 39.7096, -86.4014 · click any tract to drill in
Why Plainfield scores 3.8
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
21.8% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$954 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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.
- 11.5%Housing insecurity
- 9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.8%Food insecurity
- 10.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 8.6%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 33.9%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 above 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 60th 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 11.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.1% 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 18063210900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18063210900?
Census tract 18063210900 in Plainfield scores 3.8/10 (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 18063210900?
Median gross rent is $954/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18063210900?
21.8% of residents in tract 18063210900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,295.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18063210900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 58th, minority 14th, housing 45th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18063210900 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.5% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18063210900 compare to Plainfield overall?
Tract 18063210900 scores 3.8/10, 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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