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Neighborhood · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally

New Kirkwood Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Fort Wayne

Tract 18003003400 · Allen County, IN · pop 4,587 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 3.1/10, tract 18003003400 in the New Kirkwood Park area of Fort Wayne, IN reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,587. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 20% Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,078
Renter share28.1%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$65,208

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In New Kirkwood Park
Moderate
Within parent city
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#55 of 79 tracts In Fort Wayne
Low
Within county
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#55 of 96 tracts In Allen County
Moderate
Within state
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#1,075 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region

Centroid at 41.1039, -85.1079 · click any tract to drill in

Why New Kirkwood Park scores 3.1

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
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,065 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 New Kirkwood Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
New Kirkwood Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.1This tracttract 0034003.2Fort Wayneparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 49

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)

  • 94Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 8.58%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.9%Peak (2018)
  • 54Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within New Kirkwood 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 New Kirkwood Park

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. 28% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Allen County average of 38.5%. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10.

SNAP participation runs 6.4% against 15.2% nationally. Court records carry 94 eviction filings across 2 observed years.

8% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against the Allen County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points.

Filings peaked in 2018 at 9.9% of renter households. 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 8.6% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Average gross rent is $1,065, close to the Fort Wayne average. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $65,208.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 18003003400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003003400?

Census tract 18003003400 in the New Kirkwood Park neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 18003003400?

Median gross rent is $1,065/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18003003400?

8.4% of residents in tract 18003003400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,587.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18003003400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 55th, minority 43th, housing 34th.
Q5

Is tract 18003003400 considered part of New Kirkwood Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003003400 fall within New Kirkwood Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003003400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 94 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003003400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.58% of renter households, peaking at 9.9% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 18003003400 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.8% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 18003003400 compare to Fort Wayne overall?

Tract 18003003400 scores 3.1/10, 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.
Q9

Was tract 18003003400 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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