Within parent city
57
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Mishawaka Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 18141011505 · St. Joseph County, IN · pop 3,732 · 69% of tract blocks fall in Mishawaka
18141011505 is a census tract in Mishawaka, IN. It scores 4.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,732. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.
Risk score
4.5
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
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
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 4.5
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
26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. This is renter territory: 75% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. SNAP participation runs 5.4% against 15.2% nationally.
Against St. Joseph County at 41.2%, 46% of renters here are cost-burdened. The filing record is not thin: 14 evictions over 1 years of observation.
At $1,217 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of Mishawaka commands. Food insecurity runs 10.7% against 17.8% nationally.
Against the St. Joseph County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. Filings peaked in 2015 at 1.4% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 18141011505
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18141011505?
Census tract 18141011505 in Mishawaka scores 4.5/10 (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 4.5/10, higher than 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.
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