Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Canterbury-Chatard Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis
Tract 18097322400 · Marion County, IN · pop 2,734 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
18097322400 is a census tract in the Canterbury-Chatard area of Indianapolis, IN. It scores 3.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,734. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,612
Renter share47.6%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$57,109
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
39
th percentile
Low
Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.8439, -86.1310 · click any tract to drill in
Why Canterbury-Chatard scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Indianapolis
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$952 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Indianapolis
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Indianapolis
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Indianapolis
6.8
How Canterbury-Chatard compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 6%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 100%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 320Total filings 2020-21
- 4.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 8.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.49×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Indianapolis, IN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Canterbury-Chatard. 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.
- 12.1%Housing insecurity
- 9.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.8%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 25.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Canterbury-Chatard
Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10.
about half of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Marion County average of 46.3%. Average gross rent is $952, 18% below the Indianapolis average. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Indianapolis. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 2.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Marion County average of 4.2 closely. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $57,109. 48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097322400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097322400?
Census tract 18097322400 in the Canterbury-Chatard neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 18097322400?
Median gross rent is $952/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097322400?
8.6% of residents in tract 18097322400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,734.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097322400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 7th, minority 58th, housing 6th.
Q5
Is tract 18097322400 considered part of Canterbury-Chatard?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097322400 fall within Canterbury-Chatard (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097322400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.49× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Indianapolis eviction risk, IN), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18097322400 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.1% 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. 9.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097322400 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097322400 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Indianapolis at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Indianapolis eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 18097322400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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