Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Southwood Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fort Wayne
Tract 18003002500 · Allen County, IN · pop 3,421 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 18003002500, home to 3,421 residents in the Southwood Park neighborhood of Fort Wayne, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 39th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
67% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 52% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $926 a month while the average household earns $55,865 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,284
Renter share35.0%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate20.7%
Median income$55,865
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region
Centroid at 41.0527, -85.1522 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southwood Park scores 4.5
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
20.7% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$926 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Southwood Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 22%Grade A
- 43%Grade B
- 19%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)
- 123Total filings over 2 yrs
- 14.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.3%Peak (2018)
- 64Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Southwood Park. 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.
- 13.9%Housing insecurity
- 11.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.7%Food insecurity
- 11.3%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 10.1%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Southwood Park
The heaviest input here is economic stress at 5.2/10. 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 43rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18003002500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003002500?
Census tract 18003002500 in the Southwood Park neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 18003002500?
Median gross rent is $926/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18003002500?
20.7% of residents in tract 18003002500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,421.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18003002500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 23th, minority 51th, housing 33th.
Q5
Is tract 18003002500 considered part of Southwood Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003002500 fall within Southwood Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003002500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 123 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003002500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.71% of renter households, peaking at 15.3% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18003002500 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.9% 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. 11.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18003002500 compare to Fort Wayne overall?
Tract 18003002500 scores 4.5/10, 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 18003002500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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