Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
West Central Eviction Risk: Lower , Fort Wayne
Tract 18003001100 · Allen County, IN · pop 1,571 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
The Moderate-tier score of $1/10 for census tract 18003001100 reflects conditions in West Central in Fort Wayne, Indiana. That is riskier than about 12% of US census tracts.
29% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $819 a month while the average household earns $48,693 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 57% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units903
Renter share57.4%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$48,693
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region
Centroid at 41.0753, -85.1548 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Central scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$819 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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 West Central compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 67%Grade C
- 0%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.
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)
- 73Total filings over 2 yrs
- 6.04%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.3%Peak (2018)
- 38Filings 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.
- 9.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.8%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 25.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Central
What moves this score most is economic stress at 2.4/10. 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 below the Allen County average of 4.6 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 21st 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 9.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.9% 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 18003001100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003001100?
Census tract 18003001100 in the West Central neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 18003001100?
Median gross rent is $819/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18003001100?
9.5% of residents in tract 18003001100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,571.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18003001100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 4th, minority 22th, housing 52th.
Q5
Is tract 18003001100 considered part of West Central?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003001100 fall within West Central (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003001100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 73 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003001100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.04% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18003001100 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.9% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18003001100 compare to Fort Wayne overall?
Tract 18003001100 scores 3.8/10, 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 18003001100 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.
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