Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Lafayette Place Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fort Wayne
Tract 18003002300 · Allen County, IN · pop 5,230 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 18003002300 sits in the Lafayette Place area of Fort Wayne eviction risk, IN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.6/10. It is home to 5,230 residents. Food insecurity runs 46.5% against 17.8% nationally.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 44%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units2,048
Renter share70.2%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate36.2%
Median income$36,941
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region
Centroid at 41.0361, -85.1196 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lafayette Place scores 4.6
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
36.2% poverty · this tract
9.0
Supply constraint
$853 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Lafayette Place compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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
- 2%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)
- 451Total filings over 2 yrs
- 18.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 20.6%Peak (2018)
- 245Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Lafayette Place. 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.
- 31.1%Housing insecurity
- 25.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 46.5%Food insecurity
- 36.0%SNAP enrollment
- 21.7%Transit barriers
- 21.0%No health insurance
- 22.6%Frequent mental distress
- 44.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lafayette Place
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The poverty rate is 36%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 9/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10.
70% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 25.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The filing record is not thin: 451 evictions over 2 years of observation.
It sits 0.9 points above the Allen County average of 3.7. At $853 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Fort Wayne commands.
Filings peaked in 2018 at 20.6% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Fort Wayne. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 19.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 18003002300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003002300?
Census tract 18003002300 in the Lafayette Place neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 18003002300?
Median gross rent is $853/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18003002300?
36.2% of residents in tract 18003002300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,230.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18003002300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 96th, minority 92th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 18003002300 considered part of Lafayette Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003002300 fall within Lafayette Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003002300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 451 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003002300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.97% of renter households, peaking at 20.6% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18003002300 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.1% 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. 25.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18003002300 compare to Fort Wayne overall?
Tract 18003002300 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Fort Wayne at 3.2/10. 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 18003002300 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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