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Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally

Fort Wayne Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 18003002900 · Allen County, IN · pop 2,245

Fort Wayne anchors census tract 18003002900, which lands at 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #39,064 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 59% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,069 a month against an average household income of $36,012 a year, roughly 36% of income at the averages. About 54% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 22% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units858
Renter share54.2%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate30.8%
Median income$36,012

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 79 tracts In Fort Wayne
High
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 96 tracts In Allen County
High
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#163 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Very High
National
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#19,562 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region

Centroid at 41.0572, -85.1013 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fort Wayne scores 5.4

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
30.8% poverty · this tract
7.7
Supply constraint
$1,069 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Fort Wayne compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fort Wayne risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.45.4This tracttract 002900Fort Wayne: 2.22.2Fort Wayneparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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)

  • 223Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 25.81%Avg annual filing rate
  • 26.6%Peak (2018)
  • 115Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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 Fort Wayne

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 7.7/10. 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 above the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 29.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 23.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 79th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18003002900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003002900?

Census tract 18003002900 in Fort Wayne scores 5.4/10 (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 18003002900?

Median gross rent is $1,069/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18003002900?

30.8% of residents in tract 18003002900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,245.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18003002900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 90th, minority 87th, housing 14th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003002900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 223 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003002900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 25.81% of renter households, peaking at 26.6% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 18003002900 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.1% 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. 23.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 18003002900 compare to Fort Wayne overall?

Tract 18003002900 scores 5.4/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 18003002900 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Fort Wayne

Top eight tracts in Fort Wayne ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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