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Lincoln Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fort Wayne

Tract 18003000701 · Allen County, IN · pop 3,238 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

How risky is the Lincoln Park area of Fort Wayne for landlords? Census tract 18003000701 scores 4.9/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 36% of US census tracts.

48% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $882 monthly, set against $45,838 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 23% Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,325
Renter share44.1%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate20.2%
Median income$45,838

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Lincoln Park
Moderate
Within parent city
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#26 of 79 tracts In Fort Wayne
Elevated
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#26 of 96 tracts In Allen County
Elevated
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#344 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region

Centroid at 41.0952, -85.1480 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lincoln Park scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Fort Wayne
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
20.2% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$882 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Wayne
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Wayne
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Wayne
2.0

How Lincoln Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lincoln Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.74.7This tracttract 000701Fort Wayne: 2.22.2Fort Wayneparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

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)

  • 140Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 12.71%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.8%Peak (2018)
  • 76Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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 Lincoln Park

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 5.1/10. 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 Fort Wayne eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Allen County average of 4.6 and in line with the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 80th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 17.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18003000701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003000701?

Census tract 18003000701 in the Lincoln Park neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 18003000701?

Median gross rent is $882/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18003000701?

20.2% of residents in tract 18003000701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,238.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18003000701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 97th, minority 43th, housing 38th.
Q5

Is tract 18003000701 considered part of Lincoln Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003000701 fall within Lincoln Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003000701?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 140 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003000701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.71% of renter households, peaking at 13.8% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 18003000701 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.3% 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. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 18003000701 compare to Fort Wayne overall?

Tract 18003000701 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Fort Wayne at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fort Wayne eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 18003000701 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 Fort Wayne

Top eight tracts in Fort Wayne ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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