6 census tracts · pop 11,697 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.1/10
· range 3–5.4
Fountain Square is a 6-tract neighborhood of Indianapolis, IN and houses 11,697 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4.1/10, Moderate tier. Against a Indianapolis baseline of 30.4%, roughly one in two of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. The 6 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3 to 5.4, a 2.4-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. Severe burden reaches 22%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.1/10. Average gross rent is $1,076, 7% below the Indianapolis average of $1,156.
Among the 76 mapped neighborhoods of Indianapolis, it ranks #39 by risk, the middle third. The closest comparables inside the same city are Castleton and Watermark.
Rent takes 18% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 4.1 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
6 tracts · population-weighted
Fountain Square vs IndianapolisHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority38%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport33%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Fountain Square
Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,461Total filings 2020-21
3.2Avg monthly observed
5.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.65×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 Fountain Square
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
14.9%Housing insecurity
11.5%Utility shutoff threat
20.4%Food insecurity
13.9%SNAP enrollment
12.8%No health insurance
30.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Fountain Square
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Fountain Square?
Fountain Square scores 4.1/10 (Moderate tier) across 6 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 Fountain Square compare to Indianapolis overall?
Fountain Square scores 0.1 points higher than Indianapolis overall (4/10). Renters spend 49% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,076 vs $1,156.
Q3
What is the average rent in Fountain Square?
Average gross rent in Fountain Square is $1,076/month (pop-weighted across 6 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Fountain Square residents are renters?
45% of Fountain Square households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Indianapolis). The neighborhood has 11,697 residents.
Q5
Is Fountain Square a high social-vulnerability area?
Fountain Square sits in the 53rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Fountain Square have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Fountain Square is census tract 18097357300 (score 5.4/10). Across the 6 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 5.4, a spread of 2.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Fountain Square for landlords?
Fountain Square carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.1/10). Pop-weighted across 6 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Fountain Square?
Fountain Square has 12,400 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (71.7%), Hispanic / Latino (14.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (7.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
