Within parent city
57
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Mishawaka Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 18141011505 · St. Joseph County, IN · pop 3,732 · 69% of tract blocks fall in Mishawaka
For landlords sizing up Mishawaka, census tract 18141011505 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.2/10. It lands near the 81st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,217 a month against an average household income of $64,395 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 75% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units1,746
Renter share74.9%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate16.5%
Median income$64,395
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mishawaka and the region
Centroid at 41.7072, -86.1708 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mishawaka scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
16.5% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,217 rent vs county FMR
6.1
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 14Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.43%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.4%Peak (2015)
- 14Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 251Total filings 2020-21
- 3.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.86×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.7%Food insecurity
- 5.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 6.5%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 26.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mishawaka
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Mishawaka eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the St. Joseph County average of 5.2 and above the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.86x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 14 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 1.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.4% of renter households in 2015.
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 18141011505
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18141011505?
Census tract 18141011505 in Mishawaka scores 4.1/10 (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 18141011505?
Median gross rent is $1,217/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18141011505?
16.5% of residents in tract 18141011505 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,732.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18141011505?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 14th, minority 46th, housing 62th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18141011505?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 14 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 18141011505 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.43% of renter households, peaking at 1.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18141011505 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.86× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Richmond eviction risk, VA), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18141011505 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18141011505 compare to Mishawaka overall?
Tract 18141011505 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Mishawaka at 2.7/10. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Mishawaka
Top eight tracts in Mishawaka ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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18141010300
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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River Park
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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River Park
5
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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4
/ 10 · Moderate
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18141010400
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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