Papermill Bluffs Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fort Wayne
Tract 18003004101 · Allen County, IN · pop 2,466 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 18003004101 runs through the Papermill Bluffs neighborhood of Fort Wayne. With 2,466 residents, it scores 4.8/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #57,036 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 48% of renter households, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,045 a month while the average household earns $52,660 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region
Centroid at 41.1419, -85.1070 · click any tract to drill in
Why Papermill Bluffs scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Papermill Bluffs compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%Housing & transportation
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
- 16.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.0%Peak (2018)
- 78Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Papermill Bluffs. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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
- 9.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.9%Food insecurity
- 10.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 36.7%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Papermill Bluffs
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 3.7/10. 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 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 riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 64th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 119 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 16.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 22.0% of renter households in 2018.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
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