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Sunset Lake Eviction Risk: Lower , Fort Wayne

Tract 18003010305 · Allen County, IN · pop 7,817 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 18003010305 in the Sunset Lake area of Fort Wayne, IN reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 7,817. At $1,679 a month, rents run 68% over what the rest of Fort Wayne commands.

Risk score
3
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 neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Sunset Lake
Moderate
Within parent city
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#71 of 79 tracts In Fort Wayne
Very Low
Within county
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#78 of 96 tracts In Allen County
Very Low
Within state
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#1,115 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
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 3

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
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.
Sunset Lake risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0103053.2Fort Wayneparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 1

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sunset Lake

The voucher gap is 40.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10.

Running hot, supply constraint reads 9/10. Housing insecurity runs 5.7% against 14.2% nationally. Court records carry 12 eviction filings across 2 observed years.

Adults with no health insurance runs 4.3% against 11.3% nationally. Against the Allen County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. The worst year on record was 2017, when 25.0% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 21.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

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

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 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 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 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Fort Wayne

Top eight tracts in Fort Wayne ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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