Within parent city
98
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally
Indianapolis Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 18097360302 · Marion County, IN · pop 2,852
How risky is Indianapolis city (balance) in Marion County for landlords? Census tract 18097360302 scores 6.3/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #14,298 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 72% of renter households, a severe level, and 55% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $981 a month against an average household income of $26,144 a year, roughly 45% of income at the averages. About 69% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 50%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units1,087
Renter share68.5%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate54.5%
Median income$26,144
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
National
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.8036, -86.0487 · click any tract to drill in
Why Indianapolis scores 5.8
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
54.5% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$981 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 1%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)
- 853Total filings 2020-21
- 11.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 19.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.57×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.
- 39.3%Housing insecurity
- 35.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 55.9%Food insecurity
- 51.5%SNAP enrollment
- 28.8%Transit barriers
- 26.4%No health insurance
- 25.6%Frequent mental distress
- 49.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Indianapolis
The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Indianapolis eviction risk city (balance), while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Marion County average of 5.4 and above the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 39.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 35.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.57x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097360302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097360302?
Census tract 18097360302 in Indianapolis scores 5.8/10 (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 18097360302?
Median gross rent is $981/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097360302?
54.5% of residents in tract 18097360302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,852.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097360302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 88th, minority 89th, housing 35th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 18097360302 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.57× 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 18097360302 struggle to pay rent?
About 39.3% 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. 35.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 18097360302 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097360302 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Indianapolis at 2.7/10. 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.
Q8
Was tract 18097360302 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 1% 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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