2 census tracts · pop 4,061 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.4/10
· range 3.9–5.4
Spades Park is a 2-tract neighborhood of Indianapolis, IN and houses 4,061 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4.4/10, Moderate tier. Against a Indianapolis baseline of 30.4%, 53% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The severe-burden share is 38%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.9 to 5.4, a 1.5-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.1/10. 17.0% 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.
The poverty rate is 18%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Food insecurity affects 26.9% of adults, 9.1 points above the national rate.
Among the 76 mapped neighborhoods of Indianapolis, it ranks #30 by risk, the middle third. For a like-for-like read, Herron Morton and North Meridian Street Historic District score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.2/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Average gross rent runs $1,106, close to the Indianapolis average. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $47,751.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 4.4 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
4.4
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Spades Park vs IndianapolisHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority67%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport47%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Spades Park
Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
984Total filings 2020-21
5.8Avg monthly observed
7.8Pre-pandemic baseline
0.79×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Indianapolis, IN).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Spades Park
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
19.2%Housing insecurity
16.2%Utility shutoff threat
25.6%Food insecurity
19.1%SNAP enrollment
12.0%No health insurance
32.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Spades Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Spades Park?
Spades Park scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Spades Park compare to Indianapolis overall?
Spades Park scores 0.4 points higher than Indianapolis overall (4/10). Renters spend 53% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,106 vs $1,156.
Q3
What is the average rent in Spades Park?
Average gross rent in Spades Park is $1,106/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Spades Park residents are renters?
49% of Spades Park households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Indianapolis). The neighborhood has 4,061 residents.
Q5
Is Spades Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Spades Park sits in the 80th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Spades Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Spades Park is census tract 18097352800 (score 5.4/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.9 to 5.4, a spread of 1.5 points.
Q7
How safe is Spades Park for landlords?
Spades Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.4/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Spades Park?
Spades Park has 4,467 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (51.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (27.9%), Hispanic / Latino (13.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
