Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Ossian Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18179040100 · Wells County, IN · pop 5,841 · 44% of tract blocks fall in Ossian
How risky is Ossian in Wells County for landlords? Census tract 18179040100 scores 3.4/10, the Lower tier. On the national scale it ranks #80,224 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
18% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $906 a month while the average household earns $68,931 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 24% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units2,573
Renter share23.5%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$68,931
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ossian and the region
Centroid at 40.8691, -85.1476 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ossian scores 2.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ossian
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.2
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$906 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ossian
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ossian
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ossian
3.1
How Ossian compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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)
- 12Total filings over 3 yrs
- 1.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.5%Peak (2012)
- 8Filings 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.
- 8.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.0%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 31.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ossian
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Ossian, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 27th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 18179040100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18179040100?
Census tract 18179040100 in Ossian scores 2.7/10 (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 18179040100?
Median gross rent is $906/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18179040100?
7.5% of residents in tract 18179040100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,841.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18179040100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 60th, minority 6th, housing 48th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18179040100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 12 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 18179040100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.23% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 18179040100 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.8% 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.
Q7
How does tract 18179040100 compare to Ossian overall?
Tract 18179040100 scores 2.7/10, higher than the parent city of Ossian at 1.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ossian; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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