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Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Indianapolis Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 18097330806 · Marion County, IN · pop 5,049 · 74% of tract blocks fall in Indianapolis

Tract 18097330806 sits in Indianapolis eviction risk, IN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. It is home to 5,049 residents. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 29% Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,595
Renter share63.2%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate41.0%
Median income$40,918

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 231 tracts In Indianapolis
Very High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 253 tracts In Marion County
Very High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#93 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Very High
National
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#24,859 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region

Centroid at 39.8329, -86.0159 · click any tract to drill in

Why Indianapolis 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
41.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$986 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Indianapolis compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Indianapolis risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 3308064.0Indianapolisparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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

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)

  • 754Total filings 2020-21
  • 9.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 20.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.49×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

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 Indianapolis

Food insecurity runs 42.6% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 41%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. 54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Marion County average of 46.3%.

Against the Marion County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Adults with no health insurance runs 21.8% against 11.3% nationally. Average gross rent is $986, 15% below the Indianapolis average.

On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. 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.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 18097330806

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097330806?

Census tract 18097330806 in Indianapolis 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 18097330806?

Median gross rent is $986/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18097330806?

41.0% of residents in tract 18097330806 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,049.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18097330806?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 97th, minority 88th, housing 76th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 18097330806 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.49× 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.
Q6

What share of households in tract 18097330806 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.1% 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. 25.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 18097330806 compare to Indianapolis overall?

Tract 18097330806 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Indianapolis

Top eight tracts in Indianapolis ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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