Indianapolis Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 18097340108 · Marion County, IN · pop 3,082 · 74% of tract blocks fall in Indianapolis
18097340108 is a census tract in Indianapolis, IN. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,082. This is renter territory: 88% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.8123, -86.2728 · click any tract to drill in
Why Indianapolis scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Indianapolis compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%Housing & transportation
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)
- 594Total filings 2020-21
- 7.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 39.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.19×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.
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 26.7%Housing insecurity
- 21.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.9%Food insecurity
- 25.9%SNAP enrollment
- 17.3%Transit barriers
- 17.5%No health insurance
- 21.0%Frequent mental distress
- 35.0%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Indianapolis
27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. Food insecurity runs 34.9% against 17.8% nationally.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10.
Against the Marion County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. SNAP participation runs 25.9% against 15.2% nationally.
42% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Marion County average of 46.3%. At $1,055 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Indianapolis commands.
Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
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