Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
St. Clair Place Eviction Risk: Moderate , Indianapolis
Tract 18097354700 · Marion County, IN · pop 1,484 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 18097354700 covers part of the St. Clair Place area of Indianapolis, IN, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Annualized rent equals 48% of average household income of $24,051, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units685
Renter share60.7%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate33.4%
Median income$24,051
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
79
th percentile
High
Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.7749, -86.1237 · click any tract to drill in
Why St. Clair Place 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
33.4% poverty · this tract
8.4
Supply constraint
$957 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 St. Clair Place compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 74%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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
- 0%Grade B
- 91%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)
- 240Total filings 2020-21
- 3.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.55×Ratio to 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 St. Clair Place. 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.
- 20.9%Housing insecurity
- 17.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.7%Food insecurity
- 22.2%SNAP enrollment
- 14.7%Transit barriers
- 14.6%No health insurance
- 21.6%Frequent mental distress
- 33.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in St. Clair Place
around a third of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Marion County average of 46.3%. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.
The poverty rate is 33%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8.4/10. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. It sits 1.2 points above the Marion County average of 4.2.
Food insecurity runs 28.7% against 17.8% nationally. At $957 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Indianapolis commands. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
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 18097354700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097354700?
Census tract 18097354700 in the St. Clair Place 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 18097354700?
Median gross rent is $957/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097354700?
33.4% of residents in tract 18097354700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,484.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097354700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 54th, minority 74th, housing 32th.
Q5
Is tract 18097354700 considered part of St. Clair Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097354700 fall within St. Clair Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097354700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.55× 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 18097354700 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.9% 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. 17.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097354700 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097354700 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 18097354700 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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