3 census tracts · pop 16,101 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.5/10
· range 3–4.1
Sunshine Gardens is a 3-tract neighborhood of Indianapolis, IN and houses 16,101 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3.5/10, in the Lower tier. 43% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Indianapolis rate of 30.4%.
What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. Average gross rent is $1,495, 29% above the Indianapolis average of $1,156.
Severe burden reaches 23%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.1/10.
The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3 to 4.1, a 1.1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. The voucher gap is 16.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. That places it #51 of 76 neighborhoods in Indianapolis.
For a like-for-like read, Chesterton and Brendonshire score within a fraction of it. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $82,659. 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 3.5 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
3.5
Lower
3 tracts · population-weighted
Sunshine Gardens vs IndianapolisHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority44%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport30%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Sunshine Gardens
Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,328Total filings 2020-21
7.4Avg monthly observed
4.4Pre-pandemic baseline
1.65×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Indianapolis, IN).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Sunshine Gardens
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
11.7%Housing insecurity
8.9%Utility shutoff threat
15.5%Food insecurity
9.0%SNAP enrollment
9.5%No health insurance
27.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Sunshine Gardens
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Sunshine Gardens?
Sunshine Gardens scores 3.5/10 (Lower tier) across 3 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 Sunshine Gardens compare to Indianapolis overall?
Sunshine Gardens scores 0.5 points lower than Indianapolis overall (4/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,495 vs $1,156.
Q3
What is the average rent in Sunshine Gardens?
Average gross rent in Sunshine Gardens is $1,495/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Sunshine Gardens residents are renters?
36% of Sunshine Gardens households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Indianapolis). The neighborhood has 16,101 residents.
Q5
Is Sunshine Gardens a high social-vulnerability area?
Sunshine Gardens sits in the 35th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Sunshine Gardens have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Sunshine Gardens is census tract 18097370204 (score 4.1/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 4.1, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Sunshine Gardens for landlords?
Sunshine Gardens carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.5/10). Pop-weighted across 3 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 lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Sunshine Gardens?
Sunshine Gardens has 16,304 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (60.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (17.7%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (11.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
