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Near West Side Eviction Risk: Elevated , Bloomington

Tract 18105000100 · Monroe County, IN · pop 3,756 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 7.3/10, tract 18105000100 in the Near West Side area of Bloomington, IN reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,756 residents. Severe burden reaches 57%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 70% Stable renters 25% Owners 5%
Tract context
Occupied units2,407
Renter share95.1%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate65.4%
Median income$14,461

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Near West Side
Moderate
Within parent city
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 23 tracts In Bloomington
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 33 tracts In Monroe County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Bloomington and the region

Centroid at 39.1673, -86.5331 · click any tract to drill in

Why Near West Side scores 7.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Bloomington
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
65.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,160 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bloomington
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bloomington
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bloomington
9.0

How Near West Side compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Near West Side risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.3This tracttract 0001005.9Bloomingtonparent city5.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 50

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

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 Near West Side

Against Monroe County at 47.3%, 74% of renters here are cost-burdened. Annualized rent equals 96% of average household income of $14,461, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 65%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.7/10.

95% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Against the Monroe County average of 5.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 9/10.

Food insecurity runs 28.3% against 17.8% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 3.4 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 18105000100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18105000100?

Census tract 18105000100 in the Near West Side neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (Elevated 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 18105000100?

Median gross rent is $1,160/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18105000100?

65.4% of residents in tract 18105000100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,756.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18105000100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 0th, minority 31th, housing 90th.
Q5

Is tract 18105000100 considered part of Near West Side?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18105000100 fall within Near West Side (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 18105000100 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.7% 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. 15.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 18105000100 compare to Bloomington overall?

Tract 18105000100 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Bloomington at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bloomington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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