Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Southwood Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fort Wayne
Tract 18003002500 · Allen County, IN · pop 3,421 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
With a score of 4.6/10, tract 18003002500 in the Southwood Park area of Fort Wayne, IN reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 52%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.6
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
87
th percentile
High
Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
78
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 4.6
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
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
Cost burden runs roughly two in three here against 38.5% across Allen County. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Court records carry 123 eviction filings across 2 observed years. It sits 0.9 points above the Allen County average of 3.7.
Filings peaked in 2018 at 15.3% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 14.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
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 4.6/10 (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 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 4.6/10, 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 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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