Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
Highland Park Forest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fort Wayne
Tract 18003003304 · Allen County, IN · pop 4,150 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Eviction risk in Highland Park Forest in Fort Wayne centers on tract 18003003304, which scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 4,150 residents. It lands near the 21st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $851 a month against an average household income of $40,551 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 70% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 44%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units1,822
Renter share69.6%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate11.8%
Median income$40,551
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region
Centroid at 41.1204, -85.1353 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highland Park Forest scores 4.2
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
11.8% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$851 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Highland Park Forest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%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
- 0%Grade B
- 6%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)
- 349Total filings over 2 yrs
- 13.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.2%Peak (2017)
- 146Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Highland Park Forest. 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.
- 16.4%Housing insecurity
- 12.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.5%Food insecurity
- 13.9%SNAP enrollment
- 11.5%Transit barriers
- 12.2%No health insurance
- 20.5%Frequent mental distress
- 33.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highland Park Forest
What moves this score most is economic stress at 2.9/10. 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 about the same as the Allen County average of 4.6 and in line with the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 16.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 89th 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 18003003304
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003003304?
Census tract 18003003304 in the Highland Park Forest neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 18003003304?
Median gross rent is $851/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18003003304?
11.8% of residents in tract 18003003304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,150.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18003003304?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 55th, minority 60th, housing 99th.
Q5
Is tract 18003003304 considered part of Highland Park Forest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003003304 fall within Highland Park Forest (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003003304?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 349 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003003304 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.89% of renter households, peaking at 16.2% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18003003304 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.4% 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. 12.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18003003304 compare to Fort Wayne overall?
Tract 18003003304 scores 4.2/10, 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 18003003304 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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