Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally
Sunset Lake Eviction Risk: Lower , Fort Wayne
Tract 18003010305 · Allen County, IN · pop 7,817 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 18003010305 runs through the Sunset Lake area of Fort Wayne. With 7,817 residents, it scores 3.5/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 6% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
0% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,679 a month while the average household earns $133,938 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 4% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units2,758
Renter share3.6%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate1.6%
Median income$133,938
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
6
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region
Centroid at 41.2294, -85.1076 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sunset Lake scores 1.7
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
1.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,679 rent vs county FMR
9.0
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 Sunset Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 0%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%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)
- 12Total filings over 2 yrs
- 21.43%Avg annual filing rate
- 25.0%Peak (2017)
- 5Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 5.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.1%Food insecurity
- 2.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.0%Transit barriers
- 4.3%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 22.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sunset Lake
What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 1st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 12 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 21.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 25.0% of renter households in 2017.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 18003010305
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003010305?
Census tract 18003010305 in the Sunset Lake neighborhood scores 1.7/10 (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 18003010305?
Median gross rent is $1,679/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18003010305?
1.6% of residents in tract 18003010305 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,817.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18003010305?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 27th, minority 12th, housing 5th.
Q5
Is tract 18003010305 considered part of Sunset Lake?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003010305 fall within Sunset Lake (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003010305?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 12 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003010305 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.43% of renter households, peaking at 25.0% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18003010305 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.7% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18003010305 compare to Fort Wayne overall?
Tract 18003010305 scores 1.7/10, lower 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.
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