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Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

Mishawaka Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 18141010400 · St. Joseph County, IN · pop 3,200 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Mishawaka

Tract 18141010400 sits in Mishawaka eviction risk, IN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4/10. Population here is 3,200. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 12% Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,409
Renter share18.1%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$60,293

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#9 of 15 tracts In Mishawaka
Moderate
Within county
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#36 of 82 tracts In St. Joseph County
Elevated
Within state
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#641 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Elevated
National
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#48,956 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mishawaka and the region

Centroid at 41.6557, -86.1469 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mishawaka scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Mishawaka
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$916 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mishawaka
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mishawaka
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mishawaka
6.8

How Mishawaka compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mishawaka risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.0This tracttract 0104004.2Mishawakaparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 21

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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)

  • 15Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 3.38%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.4%Peak (2015)
  • 15Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 60Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.80×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Richmond, VA 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mishawaka

31% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the St. Joseph County average of 41.2%. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10.

The filing record is not thin: 15 evictions over 1 years of observation. Average gross rent is $916, 14% below the Mishawaka average. SNAP participation runs 7.5% against 15.2% nationally.

The worst year on record was 2015, when 3.4% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for South Bend. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 42nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 18% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 18141010400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18141010400?

Census tract 18141010400 in Mishawaka scores 4/10 (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 18141010400?

Median gross rent is $916/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18141010400?

10.4% of residents in tract 18141010400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,200.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18141010400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 58th, minority 24th, housing 18th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18141010400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 15 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 18141010400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.38% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 18141010400 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.80× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Richmond eviction risk, VA), 2020-2021.
Q7

What share of households in tract 18141010400 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.9% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 18141010400 compare to Mishawaka overall?

Tract 18141010400 scores 4/10, right in line with the parent city of Mishawaka at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mishawaka eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 18141010400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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 Mishawaka

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

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