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

Miami Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , South Bend

Tract 18141003100 · St. Joseph County, IN · pop 4,323 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 18141003100 covers part of the Miami Village area of South Bend, IN, and scores 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,323 residents. 29% 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 22% Stable renters 25% Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,387
Renter share46.4%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate25.4%
Median income$40,799

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Miami Village
Very High
Within parent city
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 47 tracts In South Bend
Very High
Within county
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#26 of 82 tracts In St. Joseph County
Elevated
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 41.6558, -86.2264 · click any tract to drill in

Why Miami 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
25.4% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$825 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Miami Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Miami Village risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.6This tracttract 0031003.2South Bendparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

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)

  • 90Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 15.38%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.4%Peak (2015)
  • 90Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 408Total filings 2020-21
  • 5.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.83×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

Within Miami 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 Miami Village

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.

Food insecurity runs 31.9% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. Average gross rent is $825, 20% below the South Bend average. Cost burden runs 47% here against 41.2% across St. Joseph County.

Court records carry 90 eviction filings across 1 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 22.4% against 14.2% nationally. Against the St. Joseph County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points.

Filings peaked in 2015 at 15.4% of renter households. 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 15.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 53% 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 18141003100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18141003100?

Census tract 18141003100 in the Miami 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 18141003100?

Median gross rent is $825/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18141003100?

25.4% of residents in tract 18141003100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,323.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18141003100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 79th, minority 56th, housing 78th.
Q5

Is tract 18141003100 considered part of Miami Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18141003100 fall within Miami Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18141003100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 90 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 18141003100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.38% of renter households, peaking at 15.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 18141003100 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.83× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Richmond eviction risk, VA), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 18141003100 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.4% 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. 18.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 18141003100 compare to South Bend overall?

Tract 18141003100 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 18141003100 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 South Bend

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

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