1 census tracts · pop 5,188 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Forest Hills maps to a single census tract in Indianapolis, IN and houses 5,188 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, in the Lower tier. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.
Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 1.7/10. Average gross rent is $1,442, 25% above the Indianapolis average of $1,156. 16% 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.
Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.1/10. SNAP participation is 2.6% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity affects 5.4% of adults, 12.4 points below the national rate.
Cost burden runs 34% against 30.4% citywide, putting Forest Hills 3.9% over its own city. The voucher gap is 12.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. That places it #62 of 76 neighborhoods in Indianapolis.
Only 21% 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. Rent takes 13% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 7%, 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
Forest Hills vs IndianapolisHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority20%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport5%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Forest Hills
Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
72Total filings 2020-21
0.9Avg monthly observed
0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
1.33×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Indianapolis, IN).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Forest Hills
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
5.0%Housing insecurity
4.1%Utility shutoff threat
5.4%Food insecurity
2.6%SNAP enrollment
4.2%No health insurance
18.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Forest Hills
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Forest Hills?
Forest Hills 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 Forest Hills compare to Indianapolis overall?
Forest Hills scores 1.0 points lower than Indianapolis overall (4/10). Renters spend 34% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,442 vs $1,156.
Q3
What is the average rent in Forest Hills?
Average gross rent in Forest Hills is $1,442/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Forest Hills residents are renters?
21% of Forest Hills households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Indianapolis). The neighborhood has 5,188 residents.
Q5
Is Forest Hills a high social-vulnerability area?
Forest Hills sits in the 6th 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.
Q6
How safe is Forest Hills for landlords?
Forest Hills 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.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Forest Hills?
Forest Hills has 4,990 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (87.7%), Hispanic / Latino (5.1%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (3.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
