Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Lawrence Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 18097330702 · Marion County, IN · pop 4,354
18097330702 is a census tract in Lawrence, IN. It scores 4.9/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,494
Renter share18.8%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate25.5%
Median income$52,929
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
83
th percentile
High
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lawrence and the region
Centroid at 39.8474, -86.0001 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lawrence scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lawrence
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
25.5% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$883 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lawrence
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lawrence
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lawrence
5.6
How Lawrence compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%Housing & transportation
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)
- 239Total filings 2020-21
- 3.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.45×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
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.
- 21.8%Housing insecurity
- 15.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.4%Food insecurity
- 18.8%SNAP enrollment
- 13.9%Transit barriers
- 24.9%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 37.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lawrence
The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 1.7/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.9/10.
At $883 a month, rents run 25% under what the rest of Lawrence commands. Adults with no health insurance runs 24.9% against 11.3% nationally.
The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Cost burden runs 38% here against 46.3% across Marion County.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. Against the Marion County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Nationally it ranks #34,278 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 19% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097330702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097330702?
Census tract 18097330702 in Lawrence scores 4.9/10 (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 18097330702?
Median gross rent is $883/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097330702?
25.5% of residents in tract 18097330702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,354.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097330702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 92th, minority 72th, housing 32th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 18097330702 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.45× 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 18097330702 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.8% 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. 15.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 18097330702 compare to Lawrence overall?
Tract 18097330702 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Lawrence at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lawrence eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in Lawrence
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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