1 census tracts · pop 2,109 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
College Crest is a one-tract neighborhood of Indianapolis, IN and houses 2,109 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, in the Lower tier. Cost burden runs 11% against 30.4% citywide, putting College Crest 19.4% under its own city.
The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1/10. On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.1/10.
Food insecurity affects 5.3% of adults, 12.5 points below the national rate. 4.0% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, below a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Among the 76 mapped neighborhoods of Indianapolis, it ranks #62 by risk, the lower third. Only 18% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
College Crest vs IndianapolisHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority24%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport15%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in College Crest
Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
13Total filings 2020-21
0.2Avg monthly observed
0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
0.62×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Indianapolis, IN).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in College Crest
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
5.1%Housing insecurity
4.0%Utility shutoff threat
5.3%Food insecurity
2.4%SNAP enrollment
4.2%No health insurance
20.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About College Crest
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for College Crest?
College Crest scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does College Crest compare to Indianapolis overall?
College Crest scores 1.0 points lower than Indianapolis overall (4/10). Renters spend 11% of income on rent vs 30% citywide.
Q3
What percentage of College Crest residents are renters?
18% of College Crest households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Indianapolis). The neighborhood has 2,109 residents.
Q4
Is College Crest a high social-vulnerability area?
College Crest sits in the 3rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q5
How safe is College Crest for landlords?
College Crest carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Indianapolis as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q6
What is the demographic breakdown of College Crest?
College Crest has 2,014 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (86.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (4.7%), Hispanic / Latino (2.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
