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Riverside Eviction Risk: Moderate , Evansville

Tract 18163001101 · Vanderburgh County, IN · pop 2,566 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Tract 18163001101, home to 2,566 residents in the Riverside area of Evansville, scores 5.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 61% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,136 a month against an average household income of $36,715 a year, roughly 37% of income at the averages. Renters make up 68% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 39% Owners 33%

Tract context

Occupied units1,191

Renter share67.5%

SVI overall0.75

Poverty rate41.0%

Median income$36,715

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Evansville and the region

Centroid at 37.9529, -87.5592 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverside scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Evansville

3.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.5

State political climate

Indiana legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

41.0% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$1,136 rent vs county FMR

5.8

Rent control risk

Inherited from Evansville

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Evansville

2.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Evansville

2.0

How Riverside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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

93%Socioeconomic
88%Household composition
62%Racial/ethnic minority
18%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
2%Grade B
34%Grade C
63%Grade D · redlined

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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Riverside. 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.

24.9%Housing insecurity
22.2%Utility-shutoff threat
35.1%Food insecurity
29.7%SNAP enrollment
17.7%Transit barriers
11.9%No health insurance
23.1%Frequent mental distress
40.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Riverside

The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Evansville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Vanderburgh County average of 4.8 and above the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 24.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 22.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 75th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 18163001101

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18163001101?

Census tract 18163001101 in the Riverside neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 18163001101?

Median gross rent is $1,136/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18163001101?

41.0% of residents in tract 18163001101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,566.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18163001101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 88th, minority 62th, housing 18th.

Is tract 18163001101 considered part of Riverside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18163001101 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18163001101 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.9% 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. 22.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18163001101 compare to Evansville overall?

Tract 18163001101 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Evansville at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Evansville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 18163001101 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 63% 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.

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