Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
North Meridian Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Indianapolis
Tract 18097350300 · Marion County, IN · pop 2,818 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
18097350300 is a census tract in the North Meridian Street Historic District area of Indianapolis, IN. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,818. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 18%
Tract context
Occupied units1,599
Renter share82.3%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate46.0%
Median income$32,679
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
96
th percentile
Very High
Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.8212, -86.1592 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Meridian Street Historic District 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
46.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$817 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 North Meridian Street Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 32%Grade B
- 68%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 1,095Total filings 2020-21
- 14.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 18.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.76×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Indianapolis, IN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within North Meridian Street Historic District. 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.
- 27.5%Housing insecurity
- 25.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 38.7%Food insecurity
- 33.2%SNAP enrollment
- 19.8%Transit barriers
- 14.5%No health insurance
- 22.6%Frequent mental distress
- 40.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North Meridian Street Historic District
The poverty rate is 46%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
This is renter territory: 82% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10.
57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Marion County average of 46.3%. At $817 a month, rents run 29% under what the rest of Indianapolis commands. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 25.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.4/10. Housing insecurity runs 27.5% against 14.2% nationally. Against the Marion County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Indianapolis. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097350300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097350300?
Census tract 18097350300 in the North Meridian Street Historic District 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 average rent in tract 18097350300?
Median gross rent is $817/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097350300?
46.0% of residents in tract 18097350300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,818.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097350300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 74th, minority 83th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 18097350300 considered part of North Meridian Street Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097350300 fall within North Meridian Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097350300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.76× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Indianapolis eviction risk, IN), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18097350300 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.5% 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. 25.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097350300 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097350300 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.
Q9
Was tract 18097350300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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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