Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Southwood Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fort Wayne
Tract 18003002600 · Allen County, IN · pop 3,566 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 18003002600 sits in the Southwood Park area of Fort Wayne eviction risk, IN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.5/10. It is home to 3,566 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,352
Renter share41.9%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate19.7%
Median income$55,672
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region
Centroid at 41.0538, -85.1424 · 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
19.7% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$998 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%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
- 40%Grade B
- 55%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)
- 179Total filings over 2 yrs
- 19.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.4%Peak (2017)
- 78Filings 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.
- 20.4%Housing insecurity
- 16.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.1%Food insecurity
- 19.7%SNAP enrollment
- 13.9%Transit barriers
- 15.3%No health insurance
- 21.0%Frequent mental distress
- 35.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Southwood Park
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10.
Food insecurity runs 28.1% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The filing record is not thin: 179 evictions over 2 years of observation.
Against the Allen County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2017, when 22.4% of renter households were served.
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 19.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #41,206 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 18003002600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003002600?
Census tract 18003002600 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 18003002600?
Median gross rent is $998/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18003002600?
19.7% of residents in tract 18003002600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,566.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18003002600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 75th, minority 70th, housing 14th.
Q5
Is tract 18003002600 considered part of Southwood Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003002600 fall within Southwood Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003002600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 179 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003002600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.84% of renter households, peaking at 22.4% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18003002600 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.4% 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. 16.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18003002600 compare to Fort Wayne overall?
Tract 18003002600 scores 4.5/10, 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 18003002600 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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