North Meridian Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate

The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3 to 5.4, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Severe burden reaches 21%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.

The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.1/10. 15.6% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

At $994 a month, rents sit 14% under what the rest of Indianapolis commands. Running cool is supply constraint, at 2.8/10.

Among the 76 mapped neighborhoods of Indianapolis, it ranks #33 by risk, the middle third. The closest comparables inside the same city are Chatham-Arch and Washington Place.

Rent takes 19% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. 59% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 4.3 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.