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Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally

Southwood Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fort Wayne

Tract 18003003200 · Allen County, IN · pop 5,333 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 18003003200, home to 5,333 residents in Southwood Park in Fort Wayne, scores 4.1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 14% of US census tracts.

19% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,296 a month against an average household income of $63,375 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 13% Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,895
Renter share16.5%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate14.2%
Median income$63,375

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Southwood Park
Low
Within parent city
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#36 of 79 tracts In Fort Wayne
Elevated
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#36 of 96 tracts In Allen County
Elevated
Within state
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#590 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region

Centroid at 41.0406, -85.1498 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southwood Park scores 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
14.2% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,296 rent vs county FMR
5.8
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.
Southwood Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.04.0This tracttract 003200Fort Wayne: 2.22.2Fort Wayneparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 57

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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)

  • 119Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 25.00%Avg annual filing rate
  • 29.8%Peak (2018)
  • 71Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Southwood Park

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 5.8/10. 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 below the Allen County average of 4.6 and below the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is White and multiracial or other-race and ranks around the 57th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18003003200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003003200?

Census tract 18003003200 in the Southwood Park neighborhood scores 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 18003003200?

Median gross rent is $1,296/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18003003200?

14.2% of residents in tract 18003003200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,333.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18003003200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 82th, minority 59th, housing 28th.
Q5

Is tract 18003003200 considered part of Southwood Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003003200 fall within Southwood Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003003200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 119 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003003200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 25.00% of renter households, peaking at 29.8% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 18003003200 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.9% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 18003003200 compare to Fort Wayne overall?

Tract 18003003200 scores 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.
Q9

Was tract 18003003200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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