4 census tracts · pop 8,456 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.5/10
· range 4.2–4.6
Southeast is a 4-tract neighborhood of South Bend, IN and houses 8,456 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.5/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a South Bend baseline of 30.2%, 46% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. The severe-burden share is 27%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Food insecurity affects 35.8% of adults, 18.0 points above the national rate. SNAP participation is 29.3% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Running hot is economic stress at 7.6/10. At $843 a month, rents sit 18% under what the rest of South Bend commands.
Filings are well documented here: 138 across 4 observed tracts. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.5/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 27.5% of renter households. Among the 12 mapped neighborhoods of South Bend, it ranks #6 by risk, the middle third.
Judgments average 9.7% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Near West Side and Westside score within a fraction of it.
The 4 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.4 points apart at the extremes.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
4 tracts · population-weighted
Southeast vs South BendHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority58%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport51%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Southeast
Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
138Total filings (sum)
10.56%Avg annual filing rate
27.5%Peak year (2015)
10.56%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
656Total filings 2020-21
2.1Avg monthly observed
3.3Pre-pandemic baseline
0.63×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Richmond, VA).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Southeast
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
22.7%Housing insecurity
18.9%Utility shutoff threat
31.0%Food insecurity
24.5%SNAP enrollment
14.6%No health insurance
41.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Southeast
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Southeast?
Southeast scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier) across 4 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Southeast compare to South Bend overall?
Southeast scores 1.3 points higher than South Bend overall (3.2/10). Renters spend 46% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $843 vs $1,033.
Q3
What is the average rent in Southeast?
Average gross rent in Southeast is $843/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Southeast residents are renters?
41% of Southeast households are renter-occupied (vs 40% in South Bend). The neighborhood has 8,456 residents.
Q5
Is Southeast a high social-vulnerability area?
Southeast sits in the 70th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Southeast have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Southeast is census tract 18141003300 (score 4.6/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.2 to 4.6, a spread of 0.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Southeast for landlords?
Southeast carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.5/10). Pop-weighted across 4 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to South Bend as a whole (3.2/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Southeast?
Southeast has 8,476 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (57.3%), Black (non-Hispanic) (22%), Hispanic / Latino (11.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
