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CityScape Flats Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fort Wayne

Tract 18003001300 · Allen County, IN · pop 1,746 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

In the CityScape Flats neighborhood of Fort Wayne, census tract 18003001300 scores 4.8/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 32% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 33% of renter households, a high level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,050 monthly, set against $55,750 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 85% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 57% Owners 15%
Tract context
Occupied units601
Renter share84.7%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate28.4%
Median income$55,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In CityScape Flats
Very Low
Within parent city
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#22 of 79 tracts In Fort Wayne
Elevated
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 96 tracts In Allen County
High
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#286 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region

Centroid at 41.0781, -85.1334 · click any tract to drill in

Why CityScape Flats scores 4.9

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
28.4% poverty · this tract
7.1
Supply constraint
$1,050 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 CityScape Flats compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CityScape Flats risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.94.9This tracttract 001300Fort Wayne: 2.22.2Fort Wayneparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

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)

  • 50Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 4.95%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.4%Peak (2018)
  • 27Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within CityScape Flats. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in CityScape Flats

What moves this score most is economic stress at 7.1/10. 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 about the same as 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 50 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 5.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.4% of renter households in 2018.

Part of this tract, about 13% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18003001300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003001300?

Census tract 18003001300 in the CityScape Flats neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 18003001300?

Median gross rent is $1,050/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18003001300?

28.4% of residents in tract 18003001300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,746.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18003001300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 6th, minority 64th, housing 94th.
Q5

Is tract 18003001300 considered part of CityScape Flats?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003001300 fall within CityScape Flats (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003001300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 50 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003001300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.95% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 18003001300 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.8% 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. 16.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 18003001300 compare to Fort Wayne overall?

Tract 18003001300 scores 4.9/10, 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 18003001300 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. 13% 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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