Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Clearwater Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis
Tract 18097320202 · Marion County, IN · pop 5,238 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Census tract 18097320202 covers part of the Clearwater area of Indianapolis, IN, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,238 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units2,488
Renter share38.1%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$94,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.8984, -86.1302 · click any tract to drill in
Why Clearwater scores 3
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
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,478 rent vs county FMR
6.5
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 Clearwater compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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.
- 3%Grade A
- 6%Grade B
- 47%Grade C
- 22%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)
- 330Total filings 2020-21
- 4.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.42×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Indianapolis, IN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Clearwater. 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.
- 4.9%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.7%Food insecurity
- 2.7%SNAP enrollment
- 3.8%Transit barriers
- 4.8%No health insurance
- 12.6%Frequent mental distress
- 22.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Clearwater
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10. Average gross rent is $1,478, 28% above the Indianapolis average. Against Marion County at 46.3%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened.
18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. SNAP participation runs 2.7% against 15.2% nationally.
It sits 1.2 points below the Marion County average of 4.2. Housing insecurity runs 4.9% against 14.2% nationally. The voucher gap is 15.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
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 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.8/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097320202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097320202?
Census tract 18097320202 in the Clearwater neighborhood 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 18097320202?
Median gross rent is $1,478/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097320202?
4.4% of residents in tract 18097320202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,238.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097320202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 3th, minority 31th, housing 52th.
Q5
Is tract 18097320202 considered part of Clearwater?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097320202 fall within Clearwater (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097320202 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.42× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Indianapolis eviction risk, IN), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18097320202 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.9% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097320202 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097320202 scores 3/10, 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 18097320202 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. 22% 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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