Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Bluffton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18179040400 · Wells County, IN · pop 4,375 · 64% of tract blocks fall in Bluffton
Bluffton in Wells County is where census tract 18179040400 sits, home to 4,375 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is $1/10. That is riskier than about 12% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 35% of renter households, a high level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $685 a month while the average household earns $73,516 a year, roughly 11% of income at the averages. About 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units2,008
Renter share35.7%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$73,516
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bluffton and the region
Centroid at 40.7679, -85.1683 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bluffton scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bluffton
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.2
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$685 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bluffton
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bluffton
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bluffton
4.6
How Bluffton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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)
- 30Total filings over 3 yrs
- 1.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2009)
- 7Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
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.
- 9.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.3%Food insecurity
- 6.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 36.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bluffton
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.6/10. 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 Bluffton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Wells County average of 4.1 and below the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 61st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18179040400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18179040400?
Census tract 18179040400 in Bluffton scores 2.8/10 (Lower 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 18179040400?
Median gross rent is $685/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18179040400?
9.5% of residents in tract 18179040400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,375.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18179040400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 62th, minority 13th, housing 89th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18179040400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 30 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 18179040400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.95% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 18179040400 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.0% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 18179040400 compare to Bluffton overall?
Tract 18179040400 scores 2.8/10, higher than the parent city of Bluffton at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bluffton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bluffton
Top eight tracts in Bluffton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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