Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Papermill Bluffs Eviction Risk: Lower , Fort Wayne
Tract 18003003301 · Allen County, IN · pop 2,764 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 18003003301 sits in the Papermill Bluffs area of Fort Wayne eviction risk, IN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 2,764. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,034
Renter share29.2%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$66,776
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
24
th percentile
Low
Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region
Centroid at 41.1380, -85.1273 · click any tract to drill in
Why Papermill Bluffs scores 3
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
7.8% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,100 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 Papermill Bluffs compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%Housing & transportation
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)
- 54Total filings over 2 yrs
- 5.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.6%Peak (2018)
- 30Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Papermill Bluffs. 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.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.3%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Papermill Bluffs
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. 17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
SNAP participation runs 6.7% against 15.2% nationally. Court records carry 54 eviction filings across 2 observed years. Against the Allen County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.
Average gross rent is $1,100, 10% above the Fort Wayne average. Filings peaked in 2018 at 6.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 6.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.2/10. Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 18003003301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003003301?
Census tract 18003003301 in the Papermill Bluffs neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 18003003301?
Median gross rent is $1,100/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18003003301?
7.8% of residents in tract 18003003301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,764.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18003003301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 11th, minority 47th, housing 61th.
Q5
Is tract 18003003301 considered part of Papermill Bluffs?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003003301 fall within Papermill Bluffs (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003003301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 54 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003003301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.95% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18003003301 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18003003301 compare to Fort Wayne overall?
Tract 18003003301 scores 3/10, right in line with 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.
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