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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Riverside Eviction Risk: Moderate , Indianapolis

Tract 18097341200 · Marion County, IN · pop 2,134 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

With a score of 5.4/10, tract 18097341200 in the Riverside area of Indianapolis, IN reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,134. Against Marion County at 46.3%, 68% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 16% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units840
Renter share48.5%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate22.6%
Median income$44,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Riverside
Very High
Within parent city
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#53 of 231 tracts In Indianapolis
High
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#44 of 253 tracts In Marion County
High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#93 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region

Centroid at 39.7852, -86.2035 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverside scores 5.4

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
22.6% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$1,079 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 Riverside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Riverside risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 3412004.0Indianapolisparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 493Total filings 2020-21
  • 6.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 10.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.63×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Indianapolis, IN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Riverside. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Riverside

Food insecurity runs 41.9% against 17.8% nationally. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Housing insecurity runs 30.1% against 14.2% nationally. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10.

The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 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.

Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 18097341200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097341200?

Census tract 18097341200 in the Riverside 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 18097341200?

Median gross rent is $1,079/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18097341200?

22.6% of residents in tract 18097341200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,134.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18097341200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 90th, minority 92th, housing 11th.
Q5

Is tract 18097341200 considered part of Riverside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097341200 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 18097341200 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.63× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Indianapolis eviction risk, IN), 2020-2021.
Q7

What share of households in tract 18097341200 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.1% 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. 25.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 18097341200 compare to Indianapolis overall?

Tract 18097341200 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 18097341200 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. 29% 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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