Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Fletcher Place Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis
Tract 18097356200 ·
Marion County, IN · pop 4,095 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
The Fletcher Place area of Indianapolis city (balance) anchors census tract 18097356200, which lands at 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 29% of US census tracts.
24% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,574 a month while the average household earns $96,417 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 77% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%Stable renters 58%Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,296
Renter share76.9%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$96,417
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Fletcher Place
Moderate
Within parent city
11th percentile
#205 of 231 tracts In Indianapolis
Very Low
Within county
15th percentile
#215 of 253 tracts In Marion County
Very Low
Within state
32th percentile
#1,147 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.7601, -86.1490 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fletcher Place scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,574 rent vs county FMR
7.3
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 Fletcher Place compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
30%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
63%Racial/ethnic minority
82%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
0%Grade C
44%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)
270Total filings 2020-21
3.5Avg monthly (observed)
1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
3.16×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Indianapolis, IN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
12.4%Housing insecurity
8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
15.3%Food insecurity
8.1%SNAP enrollment
8.5%Transit barriers
10.6%No health insurance
20.0%Frequent mental distress
24.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fletcher Place
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Indianapolis eviction risk city (balance), while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Marion County average of 5.4 and in line with the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 44% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097356200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097356200?
Census tract 18097356200 in the Fletcher Place neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (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 18097356200?
Median gross rent is $1,574/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097356200?
5.8% of residents in tract 18097356200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,095.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097356200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 1th, minority 63th, housing 82th.
Q5
Is tract 18097356200 considered part of Fletcher Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097356200 fall within Fletcher Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097356200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.16× 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 18097356200 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.4% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097356200 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097356200 scores 2.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Indianapolis at 2.7/10. 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 18097356200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 44% 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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