Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Far Eastside Eviction Risk: Moderate , Indianapolis
Tract 18097360402 · Marion County, IN · pop 3,229 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 18097360402 covers part of the Far Eastside area of Indianapolis, IN, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. 81% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 46%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,073
Renter share52.3%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate47.2%
Median income$19,303
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
99
th percentile
Very High
Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.8188, -86.0004 · click any tract to drill in
Why Far Eastside scores 5.4
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
47.2% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Far Eastside compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%Housing & transportation
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)
- 278Total filings 2020-21
- 3.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.61×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 Far Eastside. 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.
- 33.0%Housing insecurity
- 28.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 46.9%Food insecurity
- 40.3%SNAP enrollment
- 23.0%Transit barriers
- 20.3%No health insurance
- 23.1%Frequent mental distress
- 45.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Far Eastside
Cost burden runs 88% here against 46.3% across Marion County. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. Food insecurity runs 46.9% against 17.8% nationally.
The poverty rate is 47%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Housing insecurity runs 33.0% against 14.2% nationally.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10.
Against the Marion County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.7/10.
Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
52% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097360402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097360402?
Census tract 18097360402 in the Far Eastside neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 poverty rate in tract 18097360402?
47.2% of residents in tract 18097360402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,229.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097360402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 72th, minority 92th, housing 52th.
Q4
Is tract 18097360402 considered part of Far Eastside?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097360402 fall within Far Eastside (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 18097360402 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.61× 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.
Q6
What share of households in tract 18097360402 struggle to pay rent?
About 33.0% 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. 28.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 18097360402 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097360402 scores 5.4/10, higher 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.
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