Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Laurel Ridge Eviction Risk: Lower , Fort Wayne
Tract 18003010307 · Allen County, IN · pop 5,428 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 18003010307 in the Laurel Ridge area of Fort Wayne, IN reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,428 residents. 44% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,833
Renter share3.5%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate3.6%
Median income$116,922
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region
Centroid at 41.1857, -85.1787 · click any tract to drill in
Why Laurel Ridge scores 3
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
3.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,458 rent vs county FMR
7.2
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 Laurel Ridge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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)
- 6Total filings over 2 yrs
- 3.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2018)
- 4Filings 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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.0%Food insecurity
- 4.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 22.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Laurel Ridge
At $1,458 a month, rents run 46% over what the rest of Fort Wayne commands. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. The voucher gap is 21.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
SNAP participation runs 4.4% against 15.2% nationally. Cost burden runs 44% here against 38.5% across Allen County.
Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 6 eviction filings across 2 observed years. It sits 0.7 points below the Allen County average of 3.7.
The worst year on record was 2018, when 4.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 18003010307
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003010307?
Census tract 18003010307 in the Laurel Ridge 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 18003010307?
Median gross rent is $1,458/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18003010307?
3.6% of residents in tract 18003010307 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,428.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18003010307?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 45th, minority 31th, housing 15th.
Q5
Is tract 18003010307 considered part of Laurel Ridge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003010307 fall within Laurel Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003010307?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 6 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003010307 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.37% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18003010307 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18003010307 compare to Fort Wayne overall?
Tract 18003010307 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.
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