3 census tracts · pop 12,465 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.3/10
· range 5.3–5.4
Devington spans 3 census tracts of Indianapolis, IN, population 12,465. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.3/10, in the Moderate tier. 41% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
59% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, dramatically above the Indianapolis rate of 30.4%. SNAP participation is 38.9% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Set annual rent against average household income of $38,659 and the ratio lands at 39%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.
The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.1/10. Disability prevalence reaches 45.3% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute.
At $1,243 a month, rents sit 8% over what the rest of Indianapolis commands. That places it #13 of 76 neighborhoods in Indianapolis. For a like-for-like read, Venerable Flackville and Bosart-Brown score within a fraction of it.
Social vulnerability runs high at 9.2/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. The 3 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.1 points apart at the extremes.
61% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
With little internal variation, 5.3/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Devington vs IndianapolisHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority91%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport54%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Devington
Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
3,148Total filings 2020-21
18.2Avg monthly observed
24.3Pre-pandemic baseline
0.68×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 Devington
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
30.0%Housing insecurity
26.5%Utility shutoff threat
43.0%Food insecurity
37.0%SNAP enrollment
16.7%No health insurance
44.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Devington
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Devington?
Devington scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 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 Devington compare to Indianapolis overall?
Devington scores 1.3 points higher than Indianapolis overall (4/10). Renters spend 59% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,243 vs $1,156.
Q3
What is the average rent in Devington?
Average gross rent in Devington is $1,243/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Devington residents are renters?
61% of Devington households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Indianapolis). The neighborhood has 12,465 residents.
Q5
Is Devington a high social-vulnerability area?
Devington sits in the 91st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Devington have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Devington is census tract 18097331000 (score 5.4/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.3 to 5.4, a spread of 0.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Devington for landlords?
Devington carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.3/10). Pop-weighted across 3 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Devington?
Devington has 12,673 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (69.8%), Hispanic / Latino (16%), White (non-Hispanic) (9.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
