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Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Rum Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , South Bend

Tract 18141002700 · St. Joseph County, IN · pop 1,548 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 4.6/10, tract 18141002700 in the Rum Village area of South Bend, IN reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,548. 39% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 31% Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units415
Renter share54.9%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate35.9%
Median income$40,852

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Rum Village
Very High
Within parent city
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#5 of 47 tracts In South Bend
Very High
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 82 tracts In St. Joseph County
High
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#370 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across South Bend and the region

Centroid at 41.6631, -86.2703 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rum Village scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from South Bend
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
35.9% poverty · this tract
9.0
Supply constraint
$1,171 rent vs county FMR
5.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Bend
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Bend
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Bend
2.5

How Rum Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Rum Village risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.6This tracttract 0027003.2South Bendparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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

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.

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 22Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 20.37%Avg annual filing rate
  • 20.4%Peak (2015)
  • 22Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 93Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.61×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 Richmond, VA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Rum Village. 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 Rum Village

Food insecurity runs 39.2% against 17.8% nationally. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the high side, economic stress reads 9/10.

The poverty rate is 36%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Set annual rent against average income of $40,852 and the ratio lands at 34%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 22.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Court records carry 22 eviction filings across 1 observed years. Against the St. Joseph County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points.

At $1,171 a month, rents run 13% over what the rest of South Bend commands. Filings peaked in 2015 at 20.4% of renter households.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 18141002700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18141002700?

Census tract 18141002700 in the Rum Village neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 18141002700?

Median gross rent is $1,171/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18141002700?

35.9% of residents in tract 18141002700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,548.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18141002700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 76th, minority 78th, housing 92th.
Q5

Is tract 18141002700 considered part of Rum Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18141002700 fall within Rum Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18141002700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 22 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 18141002700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.37% of renter households, peaking at 20.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 18141002700 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.61× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Richmond eviction risk, VA), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 18141002700 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.8% 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. 22.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 18141002700 compare to South Bend overall?

Tract 18141002700 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of South Bend at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South Bend eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10

Was tract 18141002700 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. 21% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in South Bend

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

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